Gender and Pentecostal Revivalism: Making a Female Ministry in the Early Twentieth Century [Paperback]

This innovative volume provides an interdisciplinary, theoretically innovative answer to an enduring question for Pentecostal/charismatic Christianities: how do women lead churches? This study fills this lacuna by examining the leadership and legacy of two architects of the Pentecostal movement - Maria Woodworth-Etter and Aimee Semple McPherson.Introduction 1. The Ideal American Minister 2. Walking Bibles : Narrating Female Pentecostal Ministry 3. Pants Don't Make Preachers : The Image of a Female Pentecostal Minister 4. A Glorious Symbol : Building a Female Pentecostal Worship Space 5. Thunder and Sweetness : Authority and Gender in Pentecostal Performance 6. A Regular Jezebel : Female Ministry, Pentecostal Ministry on Trial Conclusion   In the face of a lack of in-depth studies on these intriguing religious figures, the book aims to fill the gap in existing religious and gender studies scholarship, offering a theoretically-based, interdisciplinary study. & a fascinating historical journey through the process of establishing legitimacy as a woman pastor in the early twentieth century. Therefore, this book represents a valuable contribution to the history of American revivalism, religion and gender studies and to the further research of female evangelists. (Aleksandra Djuri Milovanovi, Religion & Gender, Vol. 7 (2), 2017)Leah Payne is Assistant Professor of Church History at George Fox University, USA.
Winner of the Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies Book Award