This dissertation seeks to understand the role gender plays or not in the ministry of African American pastors. This project
takes a wider approach, asking given the growing numbers of black female preachers in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, if,
and if so, how the pulpit has welcomed African American, gendered bodies, and more importantly, if, and if so, how pastors have considered
or been influenced by their own gendered bodies in this role. To take up this question, this project explores the intentions and behaviors
of pastors—both men and women—in the AME Church, in terms of their goals as rhetoricians. Using two lenses, "rhetoric as word," accounting
for the ways in which pastors use words to strategically build community, and "rhetoric as body," accounting for the ways in which pastors
use their bodies to occupy and perform in the pulpit space, this study examines the techniques and methods used in preparing and
delivering a sermon, and investigates the role gender may play in these sermonic tasks. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of
Philosophy. / Fall Semester 2016. / November 9, 2016. / Black Church, Gender, Pulpit, Rhetoric / Includes bibliographical references. / Kathleen Blake Yancey, Professor Directing Dissertation; Felecia F. Jordan Jackson, University
Representative; Rhea Lathan, Committee Member; Maxine Montgomery, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_405666 |
| Contributors | Boykins, Brittney Shardé (authoraut), Yancey, Kathleen Blake, 1950- (professor directing dissertation), Lathan, Rhea Estelle, 1961- (committee member), Montgomery, Maxine Lavon, 1959- (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Arts and Sciences (degree granting college), Department of English (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (169 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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