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Presentation Location & Time: Location: Heth 014 ~ Time: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. ~ November 7th, 2018 ~ Radford University, Radford, VA. |
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Overview1 "This talk reviews research into the interaction between gender and religion as a field of incitement for broader forms of political and social activism. Gender matters for thinking about religion and social change, and for thinking about the functions of power in society. In particular, I focus on the issue of women’s religious leadership as a site at which these elements have come into play with significant impact on the shape of past political engagement in the United States. Specifically, I address the ordination of women among Protestant denominations during the second half of the nineteenth century. During this period, women cultivated a wide range of avenues through which to exercise religious leadership, but the official and institutional sanction of ordination to the clergy provides an especially acute measure for assessing attitudes concerning gender and authority". |
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"In contexts of civil subordination and professional exclusion, what
motivations and strategies did women foster in order to pursue and attain
ordination to the U.S. Protestant clergy? And, once they attained the status of
official recognition as clergy, how did women leverage this professional status
for political and social aims? In order to address this query, I use the case
of one figure in particular, Rev. Annis Ford
Eastman, who was ordained to the
ministry of the Congregational denomination in November of 1889. The story of
her development intellectually, professionally, and as an activist yields
unique insight into the debates concerning female gender and the administration
of power in society." |
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| 1Overview by Dr. Geoffrey Pollick ~ 2018 Click Image for Background | |||
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About Me "As Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Radford University, I study the history and culture of religion in America. My scholarship emphasizes religion’s entanglements with political radicalism in the United States; the role and dimensions of religious liberalism; women’s religious leadership; critical theory and cultural history of religion; and religion in popular culture. My current research projects explore mutual influences between liberal Protestants and secular radicals in the prewar New York Left; the political and socintury; and the effects of consumer practice on collective identity foal dimensions of women’s ordination during the late nineteenth cermation among late-twentieth-century U.S. evangelical Christians. I teach courses that explore broad questions of religion's meanings and uses; comparative studies of religious difference; American religious history; surveys of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; religion in Latin America; and courses that consider the relationship between religion and the secular, and the role and definition of religious tolerance and intolerance." |
Education
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Geoffery N. Pollick Ph.D. Graduate Division of Religion Drew University M.Phil. en passant Drew University M.A. Religion Claremont School of Theology B.A. Department of Religious Studies University of Puget Sound RU Contact Information Dr. Geoffery Pollick Email: gpollick@radford.edu Religious Studies Voice: 540-831-5213 Radford, VA 24142 |
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Ms. Tori Sheets: Graduate I.O. Assistant: tel/voice 540-831-6644 - email: tsheets2@radford.edu Dr. Ann Elliott: Director - tel/voice 540-831-5790 - email: aelliott@radford.edu and click to visit Dr. Geoffrey Pollick's Presentation Images Dr. Geoffrey Pollick's Personal Website Center for Gender Studies' Presentation Flyer |
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