I hope so too, Alchemy.
Here is a
website on the project:
It appears the book is trying to place her in historical context -- how her influence affected American culture.
What is a bit troubling is to see her classed in the same category as Joseph Smith, Mary Eddy, Anne Hutchinson, Harriet Beecher Stowe.
And even more troubling was to see that Ron Numbers was the chief author for the chapter "Ellen White and Health".
However, the chapter headings sound interesting:
1. Biographical Sketch
2. Early Religious Experiences
3. Ellen White and Religious Culture
4. Ellen White’s Eschatology
5. Ellen White and the Shaping of the Sabbatarian Adventist Community
6. The Testimonies and the Development of the Adventist Community
7. Ellen White as Author
8. Ellen White as Public Speaker
9. Ellen White and Education
10. Ellen White as Denomination Builder
11. Ellen White as Theologian
12. Ellen White and Health
13. Ellen White and the Mind/Metaphysics
14. Ellen White and Women’s Roles
15. Ellen White and Society
16. Ellen White and Race Relations
17. Ellen White and Popular Culture
18. Images of Ellen White from the Outside
19. Adventist Views of Ellen White, 1844-1915
20. The Legacy of Ellen White
21. Historiography
A statement by Grant Wacker, professor of Christian history at Duke University, in the book’s foreword.
“They also show that however one judges the role of supernatural inspiration, White ranked as one of the most gifted and influential religious leaders in American history, male or female. Ellen Harmon White: American Prophet tells her story in a new and remarkably informative way.”