Dr. Cindy Aalders is Director of the John Richard Allison Library and Associate Professor of the History of Christianity. She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Oxford, where her research focused on the spiritual lives and manuscript cultures of eighteenth-century British women. In addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters, she is the author of The Spiritual Lives and Manuscript Cultures of Eighteenth-Century English Women (Oxford University Press, 2024) and To Express the Ineffable: The Hymns and Spirituality of Anne Steele. Her current research explores the religious lives of eighteenth-century children.

Areas of Expertise

• 17th–19th century religious history
• Women's and gender history
• Letters and diaries
• Children and religion

Media & Publications

• To Express the Ineffable: The Hymns and Spirituality of Anne Steele – Book