Women in God's Army: Gender and Equality in the Early Salvation Army

by Andrew Mark Eason

The early Salvation Army professed its commitment to sexual equality in ministry and leadership. In fact, its founding constitution proclaimed women had the right to preach and hold any office in the organization. But did they? Women in God's Army is the first study of its kind devoted to the critical analysis of this central claim. It traces the extent to which this egalitarian ideal was realized in the private and public lives of first- and second-generation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889204187
• ISBN13: 9780889204188
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"