Female church workers pushed formal training over emotional preaching

Evidence

In 1890 she taught a women’s missionary training course, which ran concurrently with the ministers’ training course. The Institute’s courses, ranging from primary level instruction to theological study, stressed the importance of formal training as opposed to emotionalism with little biblical knowledge. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 356

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Church women claimed greater practical missionary power than ordained theologians — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 115; Women exerted church power by judging ministerial literacy, not seeking ordination — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 352; Women cultivate religious desire through deliberate training embedded in mundane daily tasks. — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival…, 858 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Church women claimed greater practical missionary power than ordained theologians #expands (0.82) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 115
• Women cultivate religious desire through deliberate training embedded in mundane daily tasks. #expands (0.78) — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 858
• Cross-denominational church societies trained black women as community leaders. #expands (0.76) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 107
• Women exerted church power by judging ministerial literacy, not seeking ordination #qualifies (0.75) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 352