Claiming the call to preach four female pioneers of preaching in nineteenth-century America Giver-Johnston, Donna creator author. text bibliography biography Electronic books. Biography Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. nyu 2021 2021 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xviii, 321 pages) : illustrations. "Claiming the Call to Preach traces the history of call through the nineteenth century, at a time when the question of women's call to preach, although seemingly fixed by ecclesial authority and cultural convention, was being raised by courageous women in different settings, through different genres, and to different effect. This book recovers the neglected narrative of women's call to preach through the historical accounts and rhetorical witness of four ground-breaking women preachers: Jarena Lee, Frances Willard, Louisa Woosley, and Florence Spearing Randolph. Scholarship has been written on women who have preached in history, but not on how they managed to claim their call to preach despite the restrictions of gender inequality. This project explores the question: how did women claim their call to preach? Through feminist hermeneutics, this book examines call narratives which used rhetorical strategies to articulate effective arguments for women's call to the preaching ministry of the church. In response, these women received endorsement of their claims to pulpit places, engaged in sacred persuasive speech, and preached as ministers of the sacred office. This project examines women's call to preach-the history and theology, rhetoric and practice, struggle and success, and the necessary work of interpretation and re-interpretation through call narratives. This book concludes with practical applications for contemporary homiletics, showing how historical tradition can be re-invented in order to give women-and anyone struggling with their call to preach-rhetorical tactics and narrative scripts in order to make effective claims to preach today"-- The call to preach -- History and theology of call : text, tradition, trope, and tactics -- Jarena Lee -- Frances Elizabeth Willard -- Louisa Mariah Woosley -- Florence Spearing Randolph -- Theology and practice. Donna Giver-Johnston. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Lee, Jarena 1783- Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth) 1839-1898 Woosley, Louisa M 1862-1952 Randolph, Florence Spearing 1866-1951 Bible Feminist criticism Bible Critique féministe Lee, Jarena 1783- Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth) 1839-1898 Woosley, Louisa M 1862-1952 Bible Women clergy United States History Women clergy United States Biography African American women clergy History African American women clergy Biography Preaching United States History 19th century Clergé féminin États-Unis Histoire Clergé féminin États-Unis Biographies Clergé féminin noir américain Histoire Clergé féminin noir américain Biographies Prédication États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle History Christianity RELIGION Sexuality & Gender Studies African American women clergy Feminist criticism Preaching Women clergy United States 1800-1899 fast BV676 .G56 2021 262/.10820973 Claiming the call to preach Giver-Johnston, Donna. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] (DLC) 2020055045 (OCoLC) 1233025511 9780197576403 0197576400 0197576389 9780197576397 0197576397 9780197576380 9780197576373 2020055046 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/39977 DLC 210102 20260319183929.6 in00005720221 eng