Pentecostal Preacher Woman: The Faith and Feminism of Bernice Gerard by Ambrose, Linda
Pentecostal Preacher Woman: The Faith and Feminism of Bernice Gerard by Ambrose, Linda

Pentecostal Preacher Woman: The Faith and Feminism of Bernice Gerard

Follows the life of a Canadian Evangelical pastor who blurred the lines between conservative and progressive values....
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Author: Linda Ambrose
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Language: English
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Pentecostal Preacher Woman: The Faith and Feminism of Bernice Gerard by Ambrose, Linda

Pentecostal Preacher Woman: The Faith and Feminism of Bernice Gerard

$180.97
Pentecostal Preacher Woman: The Faith and Feminism of Bernice Gerard by Ambrose, Linda

Pentecostal Preacher Woman: The Faith and Feminism of Bernice Gerard

$180.97
Author: Linda Ambrose
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Follows the life of a Canadian Evangelical pastor who blurred the lines between conservative and progressive values.

Evangelical pastor, talk-show host, and politician--Reverend Bernice Gerard (1923-2008) was all of this and more. Pentecostal Preacher Woman explores Gerard's life as one of the most influential spiritual figures of twentieth-century British Columbia, whose complicated blend of social conservatism and social compassion contains lessons for our polarized times.

Coming out of a difficult childhood, Gerard was attracted to Pentecostalism's emphasis on direct personal experience of God and the use of spiritual gifts, and she eventually became an international evangelist. As a pastor, radio personality, and alderperson, she was a compelling communicator for the Christian right and an ardent critic of liberal social mores, yet she supported social justice for refugees, Indigenous people, and Vancouver's homeless population. She remained rooted in patriarchal religious institutions but also practiced a kind of feminism and shared her life with a female partner.

Based on Reverend Gerard's personal archives and writings, Pentecostal Preacher Woman traces the complex evolution of a conservative woman's ideas about faith and society.

Author: Linda Ambrose
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: 08/19/2025
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
ISBN: 9780774870245

About the Author
Linda M. Ambrose is professor of history at Laurentian University. She is the author of For Home and Country: The Centennial History of the Women's Institutes in Ontario, A Great Rural Sisterhood: Madge Robertson Watt and the ACWW, and, with Michael Wilkinson, After the Revival: Pentecostalism and the Making of a Canadian Church. She also co-edited Women in Agriculture: Professionalizing Rural Life in North America and Europe, 1880-1965 with Joan M. Jensen.
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