Women authors, Women and religion, 17th century, Prophecy, Social aspects, Christianity 

(SBN) 9781138646926 (alk. paper)||(CIP) CIP record. Publication date: 04 17||(DON) Donated by the author||(BIB) Includes bibliographical references and index.||(CON) Introduction: the culture of prophecy in the English Reformation -- Defining seventeenth-century prophecy -- The woman prophet and the religious culture of seventeenth-century Britain -- Politicum -- Prophetic politics and revolutionary culture -- Women's prophetic ministry -- Confronting parliament with the word: the case for Elizabeth Poole -- Politically incorrect prophecy -- Protean feminisms -- Prophecy and personal conscience -- Exposing the prophetic word -- The prophetic poetry of Anna Trapnel -- Obstat sexus -- In-communications -- Prophetic word vision: Lady Eleanor Davies and textual bi-location -- The soul's flight of Jane Lead -- Prophecy and the transmutation of suffering -- Prophetic activism -- Conclusion: old sectaries, new prophetesses. 

250 pages.