- Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1st Indiana University Press Ed edition (1 April 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 025320822X
- ISBN-13: 978-0253208224
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,534,789 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Prophetic Sisterhood" documents the struggles of a courageous group of nineteenth-century women to find a place in the liberal denominations of American religion. They left the security of their homes and endured great hardships in fulfillment of their desire to minister to congregations on the western frontier. Their questioning of traditional ministerial roles led to the creation of a domestic ministry whose scope extended far beyond the pulpit to suffrage, social settlements, and the peace movement. But because they were women, they failed to gain institutional acceptance. "In "Prophetic Sisterhood", the conspiracy of forgetfulness around women in ministry is challenged. The book contains historical substance, readable stories, and methodological insights." - Barbara Brown Zikmund. "Cynthia Tucker's "Prophetic Sisterhood" fills a major gap in the study of women and religion in America. It is invaluable as the only documentation of a support system of female ordained ministers in the nineteenth century." - Rosemary Keller.
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This is a well told story how the earliest women ministers - there were many - accepted parishes in the "West" (now the Midwest) when clergymen preferred the comfort, money, and status of East Coast pastorates. These seminary-educated liberal women were very active ministers to their members covering largely rural areas. They networked with each other since support was nearly nonexistent from their Eastern headquarters.
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