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Shirley Ardener, Fiona Bowie, Deborah Kirkwood - Women and Missions: Past and Present, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

Women and Missions: Past and Present

Anthropological and Historical Perceptions

Av Shirley Ardener, Fiona Bowie, Deborah Kirkwood

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This collection of essays by eminent anthropologists, missiologists and historians explores the hitherto neglected topic of women missionaries and the effect of Christian missionary activity upon women. The book consists of two parts. The first part looks at 19th century women missionaries as presented in literature, at the backgrounds and experience of women in the mission field and at the attitudes of missionary societies towards their female workers. Although they are traditionally presented as wives and support workers, it becomes apparent that, on the contrary, women missionaries often played a culturally important role. The second and longest section asks whether women missionaries are indeed a special case, and provides some fascinating studies of the impact of Christian missions on women in both historical material and a wealth of contemporary material.Of particular value is the perspective of those who were themselves objects of missionary activity and who reflected upon this experience. Women actively absorbed and adapted the teachings of the Christian missionaries, and Western models are seen to be utilized and developed in sometimes unexpected ways.
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Fiona Bowie Lecturer in Women's Studies,Open University and Lecturer in the Anthropology of Religion, University of Wales, Lampeter Deborah Kirkwood Independent Researcher Mrs Shirley Ardener Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, University of Oxford

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'I would strongly recommend this book to anyone, female and male alike, who would want to see justice done to our foremothers in the faith. The book not only informs, it also inspires and makes very pleasurable reading.'New Blackfriars'... a must for anyone, female and male alike, who wishes to take seriously the church's mission and who wants to see justice done to our foremothers in the faith.'Journal of Theology for Southern Africa'... a useful book ... an admirable absence of professional jargon.'The Round Table'Like other volumes in this series, Women and Missions performs a valuable function in portraying women from a different perspective...'Mission Outlook'... the contributions of Sarah Lund Skar and Joan Burke on the themes of creation and celibacy, alone make the book worth reading.'The Expository Times'The great value of this anthology is that it demonstrates that women have been active participants in the modern missionary movement and were often abl

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