Record Nr.

UNINA9910787808403321

Autore

Argent Alan

Titolo

Elsie Chamberlain : the independent life of a woman minister : grace amid storms / / Alan Argent

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-54386-6

1-138-11092-2

1-315-72875-3

1-84465-783-3

1-317-54387-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 271 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Gender, theology, and spirituality

Disciplina

285.8092

Soggetti

Women clergy - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and early life -- The call to the ministry -- Elsie begins her ministry 1939 -- The return to London 1941 -- Flying into the storms: chaplain in the Royal Air Force 1945 -- A season of clear shining: married life -- Vineyard Congregational Church, Richmond-Upon-Thames -- Later years at Vineyard -- International meetings and the CUEW chair -- Elsie at the BBC -- After the BBC: the city temple -- The sky turns black: another crisis -- Sometimes a light surprises: the Congregational Federation -- Hutton Free Church 1971 -- A local thunderstorm: the Kentish Town situation -- Presidential duties and travelling 1973-1980 -- Going west 1980 -- Ministry in Nottingham 1984-1991.

Sommario/riassunto

Elsie Chamberlain was a leading figure in British broadcasting and religious life. She was a pioneer in many areas: the first woman chaplain to the armed forces; the first nonconformist minister to marry an Anglican clergyman; the first woman producer in the religious broadcasting department of the BBC, and the first woman to present the daily service on the radio. Her broadcasting accustomed many listeners to the idea of a woman leading public worship. And she

became the first woman to occupy the chair of the Congregational Union of England and Wales and almost certainly the first woman anywhere in the world to head a major denomination. Elsie Chamberlain is the first full biography and a critical appreciation of this exceptional woman. Using original church and BBC archive sources, the book tells the story of a woman who did more than any other to change the way Christian women ministers are viewed.