Elisabeth Elliot wrote evangelical Christian non-fiction about missionary work, suffering, relationships and obedience to faith, often drawing directly on her own life. Through Gates of Splendor recounts the attempt by her husband Jim Elliot and four other missionaries to make contact with the Waorani people in Ecuador and the deaths of the five men. Shadow of the Almighty uses Jim Elliot’s journals and letters to build a more personal portrait of his beliefs and vocation. Passion and Purity turns to courtship, sexual restraint and the long period before Elisabeth and Jim married, combining memoir with advice about submitting romantic desire to religious commitment. Her prose is direct, devotional and often more concerned with spiritual discipline than with psychological self-exploration. The books fit missionary biography, evangelical Christian living and courtship literature. Through Gates of Splendor is the central missionary narrative, while Passion and Purity is the title most closely associated with her teaching on relationships and sexual ethics. Read more Less
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