Honors Program Theses
Award/Availability
Open Access Honors Program Thesis
First Advisor
Michael Graziano, Honors Thesis Advisor
Keywords
Women and religion; Women--Religious aspects--Christianity;
Abstract
This paper identifies the tension between college women in leadership positions in ministry and the leadership positions they can cannot hold after graduation. Through personal narrative, this tension is initially identified and described. This paper uses the Passion Conferences as a case study for trends in greater college ministry environments. By analyzing the history of women in the Evangelical church, it is concluded that women are put in positions in college that they cannot hold after graduation. This tension is perpetuated by continual complementarian messaging that underlies an outwardly egalitarian-based ministry. It is discovered and discussed that women are aware of the limitations placed on their leadership positions, though the transparency of organizations is not consistent, and the intentionality behind the limitations is poorly documented. The results are paired with the results of surveying college ministries on my local campus, and the results are reaffirmed through these surveys.
Year of Submission
2021
Department
Department of Philosophy and World Religions
University Honors Designation
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the designation University Honors
Date Original
5-2021
Object Description
1 PDF file (49 pages)
Copyright
©2021 Abigail Read
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Read, Abigail, "Exploring the role of college women in ministry leadership through a qualitative analysis of Passion Conferences" (2021). Honors Program Theses. 487.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/hpt/487
