Gender and Pentecostal Revivalism

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Leah Payne

   Pages 1-18

3. “Truly Manly”: The Ideal American Minister

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   Pages 19-37

4. “Walking Bibles”: Narrating Female Pentecostal Ministry

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   Pages 39-62

5. “Pants Don’t Make Preachers”: The Image of a Female Pentecostal Minister

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   Pages 63-80

6. “A Glorious Symbol”: Building a Female Pentecostal Worship Space

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   Pages 81-94

7. “Thunder” and “Sweetness”: Authority and Gender in Pentecostal Performance

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   Pages 95-121

8. “A Regular Jezebel”: Female Ministry, Pentecostal Ministry on Trial

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   Pages 123-129

9. Conclusion

   • Leah Payne

   Pages 131-138

10. Back Matter

    Pages 139-223

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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.

• religious studies
• Pentecostal theology
• sociology of religion
• history of religion
• gender studies
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• America
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“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 Djurić Milovanović, Religion & Gender, Vol. 7 (2), 2017)

Leah Payne is Assistant Professor of Church History at George Fox University, USA.

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