Sandra J Peacock. The Theological and Ethical Writings of Frances Power Cobbe, 1822-1904 (Studies in Women and Religion, whirl 43.) Lewiston, N. Y: Edwin Mellen Pres 2002 Pp vii, 301 $9995 ISBN 0-7734-7180-4
The Victorian "crisis of faith" is a highly traversed topic, yet Sandra Peacock's new study of the writer and activist France Power Cobbe demonstrates that fruitful lines of inquiry still remain, especially regarding women's private expressions and public participation in discussions of faith and (even more interestingly) doubt. Cobbe is already well