The Library of Religious Biography is a series of original biographies on important religious figures across American and British history.

The authors are well-known historians, recognized authorities in the period of religious history that is the setting for their subject. Grounded in solid research, both printed and archival, the volumes link the lives of their subjects to the broader cultural contexts that surrounded them. Each volume includes a bibliographical essay and an index to serve the needs of students, teachers, and researchers.

But the books in this series are intended to be read as well as studied: they are relatively compact, well-written narratives devoid of footnotes and academic jargon. They will delight and inform the general reader and the scholar alike.