Shelly Matthews is the Dorothy and B. H. Peace Jr. Associate Professor of
Religion at Furman University. The Reverend Matthews is ordained in the
Dakotas Area Conference of the U...view moreShelly Matthews is the Dorothy and B. H. Peace Jr. Associate Professor of
Religion at Furman University. The Reverend Matthews is ordained in the
Dakotas Area Conference of the United Methodist Church. She is the author
of First Converts: Rich Pagan Women and the Rhetoric of Mission in Early
Judaism and Christianity and Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the
Construction of Christian Identity.view less