This collection of essays by history, literary, and theology scholars explores the religious worlds of women in Britain during a transformative, vibrant century. Readers may initially question why a focus on women is more constructive than perhaps a broader exploration of gender, but the editors’ thoughtful and illuminative introduction convincingly makes the case that female experiences, identities, and contributions continue to be overlooked in scholarship of this period. Chapters discuss perceptions of female piety, but also endeavor to go beyond discursive constructions and shed light on the reality of women's experiences. The nature of the archive means that the balance of the chapters is slanted toward “exceptional” women, a fact that the editors acknowledge. Although the majority of chapters focus on individual and well-known women, they nonetheless provide new insights about the variety of women's experiences, not only in religious spheres, but also in domestic and public spaces, through nuanced re-readings of writings by figures like Damaris Masham, Mary Astell, Susanna Centlivre, and Catherine Talbot. Two exceptions to the individualized focus include Alasdair Raffe's chapter on lay women's activism in Scottish Presbyterianism and Claire Walker's chapter on networks of support among convents in England and mainland Europe, with both chapters highlighting the important role played by women in the survival of marginalized religious cultures. By examining the different ways that women navigated the complexities of this changing religious landscape, the collection succeeds in challenging the narrative of immediate patriarchal reassertion that continues to characterize women's roles in this period and illustrates how women were formative in processes of religious renewal, reform, revolution, and reaction despite various constraints. Overall, this book will interest scholars in a variety of fields as it not only expands understandings of women's religious roles and experiences, but also generates new insights about the political, cultural, social, and literary worlds of this period.