Elsie Chamberlain: The Independent Life of a Woman Minister

ISBN-13: 9781138110922 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 288 str.

Alan Argent (Trinity Congregational Chur

Opis

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 dept 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.

Spis treści

1. Introduction and Early Life  2. The Call to the Ministry  3. Elsie Begins Her Ministry, 1939  4. The Return to London, 1941  5. Flying into the Storms: Chaplain in the Royal Air Force, 1945  6. A Season of Clear Shining: Married Life  7. Vineyard Congregational Church, Richmond-upon-Thames  8. Later Years at Vineyard  9. International Meetings and the CUEW Chair  10. Elsie at the BBC  11. After the BBC: The City Temple  12. The Sky Turns Black: Another Crisis  13. Sometimes a Light Surprises: The Congregational Federation  14. Hutton Free Church, 1971  15. A Local Thunderstorm: The Kentish Town Situation  16. Presidential Duties and Travelling, 1973-1980  17. Going West, 1980  18. Ministry in Nottingham, 1984-1991  Epilogue

O autorze

Alan Argent has a PhD in London history 1640-49, and has taught church history for Birkbeck College, University of London. He has edited the Congregational History Society Magazine since 1992. He is minister of Trinity Congregational Church, Brixton, having also served churches in Morden and Wimbledon.