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The Role of the Minister’s Wife by WALLACE DENTON Philadelphia THE WESTMINSTER PRESS COPYRIGHT MCMLXII W. L. JENKINS
1962
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CABD No. 62-7474 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To my family Juanita Wayne and Susan Contenido The Role of the Minister’s Wife1 by WALLACE DENTON1 Philadelphia THE WESTMINSTER PRESS1 COPYRIGHT MCMLXII W. L. JENKINS1 19621 Introduction2 Chapter I A Historical Look at the Minister’s Wife5 THE MINISTER’S WIFE IN THE BIBLICAL RECORD5 THE MINISTER’S WIFE IN THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION7 THE MINISTER’S WIFE IN FRONTIER AMERICA9 Chapter II A Contemporary Look at the Minister’s Wife10 AN ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE10 PERTAINING TO THE MINISTER’S WIFE10 A CONTEMPORARY LOOK AT MINISTER’S WIFE14 A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH THE WIVES OF OTHER BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN15 Chapter III20 Role Attitudes Toward Her Husband’s Work20 ATTITUDES TOWARD PARTICIPATION20 SXJMMABY ANX> CONCLUSIONS34 Chapter IV36 Role Attitudes36 Toward Her Family Life36 ATTITUDES TOWABD HUSBAND-WIFE RELATIONSHIPS37 ATTITUDES TOWABD LIFE IN THE PARSONAGE42 THE PERSONS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS BOOK ARE. AS numerous as the tributaries of the Mississippi, However, special recognition is due those who have made direct contributions: to Dr. Wayne E. Gates, of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, who first challenged and guided my interest in pastoral care and who originally suggested this study; to Dr. Aaron Rutledge, of the Merrill-Palmer Institute in Detroit, who helped me develop and sharpen skills in counseling; to Drs. Ernest Osbome and Mark Flapan, of Teachers College, Columbia University, and Dr. Frank Herriott, of Union Theological Seminary in New York City, who served as members of my dissertational committee when the basic research upon which this book is based was being conducted at Columbia University; to the ministers* wives who made it all possible by so courageously providing me access to the inner sanctuaries of their minds; and to Mrs. Carlene Sanders and Miss Edith Newell, who typed the manuscript. It is customary for an author to acknowledge the contribution of his wife. In my case this is more than a formality. She has participated in the travail of giving birth to this project since it was first conceived as a nebulous idea in 1957. Her encouragement has made the discouragement bearable, and her suggestions enriched the final result.
W. D.