THEO-615 Women in Leadership and the Wesleyan Tradition

From Epworth through the 21st century, the Methodist movement has never been without women serving in various leadership capacities. Examining the lives of women who helped spearhead Methodism in Britain, Ireland, America, Argentina, and beyond, this course will investigate the conditions, both resistant and permissive, in which women have co-labored as laity, deaconess, and ordained ministers.