God's Troublemakers

the long version

"This is a book about women who are changing the world as leaders in the public arena and whose work is religiously or spiritually motivated. They are "socio-ethical entrepreneurs," who have invented organizations or movements to "repair the world." They are Christians, Jews, and Muslims. What shaped and formed them? How do they integrate a progressive social agenda with their faith? How do they exercise public leadership in a world where women's public roles arc sometimes still suspect? The book is thematically organized and touches on many of the most relevant topics being discussed today: separation of church and state, the intersection of politics and religion, the silence of the progressive left, and the embodiment of authentic pluralism."--Jacket.