Perhaps the most significant event in twentieth-century American Protestant churches has been the entry of tens of thousands of women into the church's ordained ministry. How are these women's experiences as ministers different from those of their male counterparts? What are their callings and careers like? What are their prospects for employment, income, and satisfaction? Based on a wealth of statistical data as well as in-depth personal interviews, this book offers the most authoritative information ever about the real experiences of clergy women (and men), along with anecdotes that show what the life of American clergy today is really like.
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Barbara Brown Zikmund is President of Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut, where she is also Professor of American Religious History.
Adair T. Lummis is Faculty Associate in Research at the Hartford Institute for Religion Research in Hartford, Connecticut. She is a sociologist of religion who for over twenty years has been engaged in studies on clergy and ethnic groups in Christian and other faiths, as well as program evaluation and policy research for national church agencies, seminaries, and regional judicatories.
Patricia Mei Yin Chang is Consulting Associate Professor of Sociology at Stanford University in Stanford, California.
Adair T. Lummis is Faculty Associate in Research at the Hartford Institute for Religion Research in Hartford, Connecticut. She is a sociologist of religion who for over twenty years has been engaged in studies on clergy and ethnic groups in Christian and other faiths, as well as program evaluation and policy research for national church agencies, seminaries, and regional judicatories.
Patricia Mei Yin Chang is Consulting Associate Professor of Sociology at Stanford University in Stanford, California.
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This review is from: Clergy Women: An Uphill Calling (Paperback)
Clergy Women: An Uphill Calling is authored by Barbara Brown Zikmund, Adair T. Lummis, and Patricia M. Y. Chang.
A major value of this book is that it provides a baseline of the situation in the early 1990's for predominantly white clergywomen. We look forward to new authors doing their own studies and books on clergywomen across denominations and ethnicities.
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An extensive research to come out of Hartford Theological Seminary, which details quite importantly the life of clergy. However, I would argue that much of the comment is equally applicable to male clergy, so the book is not as exciting and as groundbreaking as one would perhaps expect. Similarly, from a feminist perspective, I was somewhat surprised to find a comment in the book which tells us that women clergy are often more able to go where they are needed in small communities because their husbands will have good jobs. Surely this is a step backwards? Otherwise a good read.
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One of the most significant changes in church life in the twentieth century has been the movement of ordained women into recognized settings of ministry in American Protestantism. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nonparish ministries, very democratic leadership style, sole pastorates, clergy women, denominational clusters, clergy woman, nonparish positions, single clergy, need for ordained ministry, clergy men, sole pastors, clergy career, full ministerial status, female clergy, structural feminism, ordained women, uphill calling, lesbian clergy, getting ordained, spiritual feminism, older clergy, standardized item alpha, ordained status, church employment, gay clergy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southern Baptist, United Methodist, Church of the Brethren, United Church of Christ, American Baptist, United States, Church of the Nazarene, Disciples of Christ, Holy Spirit, Centered Women Men, Clergy Health Index, Assemblies of God, Boundary Maintenance Index, Episcopal Church, Free Methodists, Hartford Seminary, Clergy Professional Self-Concept Index, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Paula Nesbitt, Presbyterian Church, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, Structural Feminism Index, Wesleyan Church, Women of the Cloth New!
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One of the most significant changes in church life in the twentieth century has been the movement of ordained women into recognized settings of ministry in American Protestantism. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nonparish ministries, very democratic leadership style, sole pastorates, clergy women, denominational clusters, clergy woman, nonparish positions, single clergy, need for ordained ministry, clergy men, sole pastors, clergy career, full ministerial status, female clergy, structural feminism, ordained women, uphill calling, lesbian clergy, getting ordained, spiritual feminism, older clergy, standardized item alpha, ordained status, church employment, gay clergy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southern Baptist, United Methodist, Church of the Brethren, United Church of Christ, American Baptist, United States, Church of the Nazarene, Disciples of Christ, Holy Spirit, Centered Women Men, Clergy Health Index, Assemblies of God, Boundary Maintenance Index, Episcopal Church, Free Methodists, Hartford Seminary, Clergy Professional Self-Concept Index, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Paula Nesbitt, Presbyterian Church, Roman Catholic, Salvation Army, Structural Feminism Index, Wesleyan Church, Women of the Cloth New!
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- Gender and Work: The Case of the Clergy (S U N Y Series in Religion, Culture, and Society) by Edward C. Lehman Jr. in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Women Clergy: Breaking through Gender Barriers by Edward C., Jr. Lehman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Women and Religion in America by Elizabeth Ruether in Back Matter
- Religion in America (The Great Contemporary Issues) by Gillian Lindt in Back Matter
- Valley Forge by John W. Jackson in Back Matter
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- Pastors in Transition: Why Clergy Leave Local Church Ministry (Pulpit and Pew) by Dean R. Hoge on 4 pages
- When Women Become Priests by Kelley A. Raab in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Web of Women's Leadership: Recasting Congregational Ministry by Susan Willhauck in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Righteous Content: Black Women's Perspectives of Church and Faith (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity) by Daphne Wiggins in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Shopping for Faith: American Religion in the New Millennium by Richard Cimino in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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