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Women and Rhetoric: Persuasion, Preachers, and Possibilities

Women and Rhetoric: Persuasion, Preachers, and PossibilitiesWomen and Rhetoric: Persuasion, Preachers, and PossibilitiesWomen and Rhetoric: Persuasion, Preachers, and Possibilities

Explore the dynamic movement of Christian feminism, where women preachers are breaking barriers and shaping the discourse around women's rhetoric in the church.

Women and Rhetoric: Persuasion, Preachers, and Possibilities

Women and Rhetoric: Persuasion, Preachers, and PossibilitiesWomen and Rhetoric: Persuasion, Preachers, and PossibilitiesWomen and Rhetoric: Persuasion, Preachers, and Possibilities

Explore the dynamic movement of Christian feminism, where women preachers are breaking barriers and shaping the discourse around women's rhetoric in the church.

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Welcome!

Dr. kristen d. welch

As an Assistant Professor of English, I focus on topics such as Christian feminism, the role of women preachers, and women's rhetoric, while also serving as the Director of the Write Place and the Director of Archives and Research.

About me

Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English

I earned my doctorate at the University of Arizona in 2007, and I've been teaching in the college classroom for over 26 years, focusing on topics like Christian feminism and women's rhetoric. I am currently serving as the Write Place Director, and our center recently won CARES certification. I began as a part-time, remote Director of Archives and Research in 2023, and I go to OKC in the summers to work in the vaults. We are working hard to digitize our materials related to women preachers and their contributions. Visit our database to hear sermons, watch videos, sort through books and photos, and to see some of our catalog. If you would like to contact me, email me: kristen.d.welch@gmail.com.

Publications

My newest book, This Present Darkness: Meet Me on the Battlefield, which explores themes of Christian feminism, was released in 2021. It highlights the contributions of women preachers and delves into women's rhetoric. The book received a review in Pneuma in 2023.

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What's Rhetoric?

It’s about creating an opportunity for persuasion, particularly within the context of Christian feminism. It’s about dismantling the means others use to persuade you, especially when it comes to the roles of women preachers. It’s about capitalizing on symbolic power (status, for example) to obtain a goal. It’s body language and clothing and style. It is the way a room is decorated, a building is designed, a garden is laid out, a story is told. Visual, audial, textual, oral—women's rhetoric and persuasion permeate communication.

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Women's Rhetoric

Christian Women and Feminism

Women's Rhetoric

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I recently designed a course in Women's Rhetorics that explores themes of Christian feminism and the impactful roles of women preachers. Want to see what we will be learning?

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Christian Women and Feminism

Women's Rhetoric

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How can we support women preachers within Pentecostalism through the lens of Christian feminism? Join me here for copies of interviews with women preachers, along with an ever-growing list of resources that highlight women's rhetoric in the church.

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Christian Women and Feminism

Christian Women and Feminism

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Can you be a Christian and a feminist? If you're interested in exploring the connection between Christian feminism and the history of women's rhetoric, join me here.

Women's Education

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How did women win the right to achieve an equal education in the context of Christian feminism? What are female seminaries and academies that supported women preachers and contributed to the development of women's rhetoric? Let me point you in the right direction.

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Under Development: Based on my most recent book, I guide college students and others through an overview of feminism, including perspectives on Christian feminism. If you have ever felt pushed, intimidated, unsure, or just plain irritated by feminists, join me here to explore the role of women preachers and the impact of women's rhetoric, and take back some power.

Visual Rhetoric

What is it? What does it have to do with you? Join me here to learn how to analyze an image for its persuasive message, especially in the context of Christian feminism and the role of women preachers. Since we are immersed in a world of the visual, it is more important than ever to resist messages we do not wish to accept or at least recognize visual images as tools of persuasion that often reflect women's rhetoric.

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