Silenced
The Forgotten Story of Progressive Era Free Methodist Women
Abstract
In Silenced: The Forgotten Story of Progressive Era Free Methodist Women, Christy Mesaros-Winckles delves into the gender debates within the Free Methodist Church of North America during the Progressive Era (1890-1920). This interdisciplinary work draws on narrative research and gender studies to reconstruct the lives of forgotten women who served as Free Methodist evangelists and deacons, examining their writings and speeches to illustrate how they promoted and defended their ministries. Mesaros-Winckles argues that the history of Free Methodist women is a microcosm of the struggle for recognition and acceptance faced by women across numerous evangelical traditions, especially amidst rising fundamentalism at the turn of the twentieth century. This book provides an important contribution to the fields of American history, theology, media studies, and gender studies, and will also be of interest to rhetorical history and communication theory scholars.
Schlagworte
evangelists free methodist church free methodist deacons free methodist evangelists free methodist women progressive era rhetorical history women in ministry- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- i–xii Preface i–xii
- 133–162 Cementing Women’s Roles 133–162
- 177–186 Where We Are Now 177–186
- 187–188 Appendix One 187–188
- 189–192 Appendix Two 189–192
- 193–196 Appendix Three 193–196
- 197–212 Bibliography 197–212
- 213–218 Index 213–218
- 219–220 About the Author 219–220