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Genre/Form: | History |
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Named Person: | Sara J Duncan |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jualynne E Dodson |
ISBN: | 0847693805 9780847693801 0847693813 9780847693818 |
OCLC Number: | 46937526 |
Description: | vii, 147 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: Past is prologue -- Formation of a religious organization -- Building a critical mass -- Organizing for effectiveness -- Indispensable resources -- Using power: keeping church -- Gendered spaces: the intentionality of power -- A pinnacle of power to close the century: Sara Hatcher Duncan. |
Other Titles: | Women, power, and the AME Church Women, power, and the African Methodist Episcopal Church |
Responsibility: | Jualynne E. Dodson. |
Abstract:
This work explores the power , processes, and circumstances that brought about the new gender relations in the African Methodist Church. Its account of the church and its many changes shows that unless women hold church positions, they are overlooked as pro-active agents of organizational power.
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Provides a solid general introduction to the topic. . . . * Religious Studies Review * This book is highly recommended for advanced undergraduate courses in religion and women's studies and for graduate students and specialists. * CHOICE * Read more...
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