Silenced: The Forgotten Story of Progressive Era Free Methodist Women

In Silenced: The Forgotten Story of Progressive Era Free Methodist Women, Christy Mesaros-Winckles explores the gender debates within the Free Methodist Church of North America during the Progressive Era, highlighting the lives and contributions of forgotten women evangelists and deacons. Drawing on narrative research and gender studies, the book demonstrates how these women promoted and defended their ministries, addressing the struggle for recognition and acceptance faced by women in evangelical traditions.

Format: Hardback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2023
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

In her groundbreaking book, "In Silenced: The Forgotten Story of Progressive Era Free Methodist Women," Christy Mesaros-Winckles delves into the profound gender debates that unfolded within the Free Methodist Church of North America during the Progressive Era (1890-1920). This interdisciplinary work employs narrative research and gender studies to resurrect the lives of the forgotten women who served as Free Methodist evangelists and deacons, meticulously examining their writings and speeches to illustrate how they championed and safeguarded their ministries. Mesaros-Winckles makes a compelling argument that the history of Free Methodist women serves as a poignant microcosm of the struggle for recognition and acceptance faced by women across numerous evangelical traditions, particularly in the face of rising fundamentalism at the turn of the twentieth century. This seminal book makes a significant contribution to the fields of American history, theology, media studies, gender studies, rhetorical history, and communication theory. It will also captivate scholars with an interest in these interdisciplinary domains.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781978714885