Oral History Project
Candler School of Theology
Demographic Information
The Oral History Project presently involves thirty-one women, with four others on the invitation list. The first thirty-one represent several kinds of diversity, though we have focused largely on women over forty years of age who have lived at least part of their lives in the southeastern United States. Also, we have interviewed several who have had relationships with Candler School of Theology or Emory University in order to get a sense of Candler’s history in relation to women. The following demographics will give you a sense of the women who have thus far been included in this project.
Forms of vocation—setting(s) in which primary vocational time is expended*
- Ordained ministry in local church, synagogue, or judicatory (9, plus 2 who serve local churches together with teaching)
- College or university chaplaincy (3)
- Social service ministry (4, plus 6 who do extensive social service work alongside their primary vocation)
- Prison ministry (1)
- Camping leadership (1)
- High school teaching (1)
- Theological school teaching (9, plus 3 who do adjunct teaching)
- Higher education leadership and administration (4)
- Higher education program leadership (7)
Ethnicity
- Caucasian (19)
- African (1)
- African American (10)
- Asian American (1)
- The invitation list includes women of ethnicities not yet represented.
Denomination
- United Methodist (15)
- African Methodist Episcopal (3)
- Ghana Methodist Church (1)
- Presbyterian (4)
- Episcopal (3)
- Southern Baptist (1)
- American Baptist (1)
- Roman Catholic (1)
- Shrine of the Black Madonna (1)
- Reconstructionist Judaism (1)
Relation to religious community
- Lay (11)
- Ordained (20)
Age at beginning of interviews
- 40s (5)
- 50s (9)
- 60s (12)
- 70s (5)
Education Level (highest degree earned)
- Masters Degree (3)
- Master of Divinity, Bachelor of Divinity, or Master of Theology (13)
- Doctor of Ministry (4)
- PhD or ThD (11)
*Note: Some people are listed in two vocational settings because of the nature of their particular roles.