Sisters in spirit : Christianity, affect, and community building in East Africa, 1860-1970 /

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"In this pioneering study, historian Andreana Prichard presents an intimate history of a single mission organization, the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA), told through the rich personal stories of a group of female African lay evangelists. Founded by British Anglican mission...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prichard, Andreana C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2017]
Colección:African history and culture.
Temas:
Universities' Mission to Central Africa > History.
Universities' Mission to Central Africa.
Christian women > Religious life > Africa, East.
Christian women > Africa, East > Social conditions.
Women, Black > Religious life > Africa, East.
Anglican Communion > Missions > Africa, East > History.
Christian communities > Tanzania > History.
Christian communities > Tanzania > Zanzibar > History.
HISTORY > General.
Evangelikale Bewegung
Frau
Mission
SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General
Anglican Communion > Missions.
Christian women > Religious life.
Christian women > Social conditions.
Women.
Ostafrika
Africa, East.
Affective community > Affective spirituality > Gendered intellectual histories > Black Christian women > Tanzania > Zanzibar
History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Affecting missions
  • Tractarian beginnings : theology and society in Britain and East Africa, 1830-1865
  • From slaves to Christian mothers : developing a doctrine of female evangelism, 1863-1877
  • Industrials and schoolgirls : bonds of personal dependency and the Mbweni Girls' School, 1877-1890
  • Networks of affective spirituality : evangelism and expansion, 1890-1930
  • Of marriages and mimbas : minding the borders of the Christian community, 1910-1930
  • "I am a spiritual mother" : affect, celibacy, and social reproduction, 1920-1970
  • The intimacies of national belonging : community building in post-independence Tanzania, 1960-1970.

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