Dr. Ellen Roberts Young is an independent scholar who has taught American Religion in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This biography grew out of her Ph. D. dissertation, “Discourse vs...ver maisDr. Ellen Roberts Young is an independent scholar who has taught American Religion in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This biography grew out of her Ph. D. dissertation, “Discourse vs. Doctrine: Authority and Ambiguity in Late Nineteenth Century Protestant Preaching,” at Temple University.ver menos