Paul W. Chilcote is Professor of Historical Theology and Wesleyan Studies at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ohio. He is author of more than twenty books, including A Faith That Sings (2016).
"Loud applause to Paul Chilcote for continuing his noteworthy
vocation of recovering Methodist women's substantial presence,
influence, and writings. In this latest volume, he recovers
specifically their writings on the defense of women in ministry,
from Mary Bosanquet in the eighteenth century to Georgia Harkness
in the twentieth. His recovery work in this regard not only informs
but also, and even more importantly, moves us now--in this present
hour--to affirm boldly and unequivocally the full equality of women
in ministry."
--Priscilla Pope-Levison, Southern Methodist University
"Discrimination against women in ministry is very much alive and
pernicious as ever in its subtle and blatant forms. In the face of
this enduring challenge, Paul Chilcote brilliantly chronicles
centuries of biblical, practical, and spiritual defenses for women
in ministry by famous and more obscured Methodists. At once
scholarly, pastoral, and prophetic, this book is encyclopedic in
its documentary scope and eminently useful to all who appreciate
the 'extraordinary call' of God to ministry."
--Wendy J. Deichmann, United Theological Seminary
"'I do not believe every woman is called to speak publicly, nor
more than every man to be a Methodist preacher. Yet some have an
extraordinary call to it, and woe to them if they obey it not.'
[Mary Bosanquet to John Wesley, 1771] With such telling selections,
incredibly exacting commentary, and engagement with the full range
of pertinent scholarship, Paul Chilcote covers the long saga of
women's campaign for recognition of such extraordinary calls."
--Russell E. Richey, Duke University
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