TY - BOOK AU - Bowler,Kate TI - The Preacher's Wife: The Precarious Power of Evangelical Women Celebrities SN - 9780691179612 AV - BR1640 .B69 2019 U1 - 230.04624 23 PY - 2019///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Evangelicalism KW - Spouses of clergy KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Women in Christianity KW - RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; A PERSONAL NOTE --; GLOSSARY OF IMPORTANT TERMS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; Introduction --; Chapter One. THE PREACHER --; Chapter Two. THE HOMEMAKER --; Chapter Three. THE TALENT --; Chapter Four. THE COUNSELOR --; Chapter Five. THE BEAUTY --; Conclusion --; Appendix I. MEGA CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES --; Appendix II. RESEARCHING MEGA CHURCH PASTORS' WIVES --; Appendix III. SOME DEMOGRAPHICS FROM THE PROFILES --; Appendix IV. WOMEN IN CONSERVATIVE SEMINARIES --; Appendix V. WOMEN ON STAFF AT MEGACHURCHES --; Appendix VI. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TIMELINE OF WOMEN'S ORDINATION --; Notes --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - From the New York Times bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved, a fascinating look at the world of Christian women celebritiesSince the 1970s, an important new figure has appeared on the center stage of American evangelicalism-the celebrity preacher's wife. Although most evangelical traditions bar women from ordained ministry, many women have carved out unofficial positions of power in their husbands' spiritual empires or their own ministries. The biggest stars-such as Beth Moore, Joyce Meyer, and Victoria Osteen-write bestselling books, grab high ratings on Christian television, and even preach. In this engaging book, Kate Bowler, an acclaimed historian of religion and the author of the bestselling memoir Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved, offers a sympathetic and revealing portrait of megachurch women celebrities, showing how they must balance the demands of celebrity culture and conservative, male-dominated faiths.Whether standing alone or next to their husbands, the leading women of megaministry play many parts: the preacher, the homemaker, the talent, the counselor, and the beauty. Boxed in by the high expectations of modern Christian womanhood, they follow and occasionally subvert the visible and invisible rules that govern the lives of evangelical women, earning handsome rewards or incurring harsh penalties. They must be pretty, but not immodest; exemplary, but not fake; vulnerable to sin, but not deviant. And black celebrity preachers' wives carry a special burden of respectability. But despite their influence and wealth, these women are denied the most important symbol of spiritual power-the pulpit.The story of women who most often started off as somebody's wife and ended up as everyone's almost-pastor, The Preacher's Wife is a compelling account of women's search for spiritual authority in the age of celebrity UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691185972?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691185972 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691185972.jpg ER -