Matthews, Shelly

Shelly Matthews is the Dorothy and B. H. Peace Jr. Associate Professor ofReligion at Furman University. The Reverend Matthews is ordained in theDakotas Area Conference of the United Methodist Church. She is the authorof First Converts: Rich Pagan Women and the Rhetoric of Mission in EarlyJudaism and Christianity and Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and theConstruction of Christian Identity.