Missionary women : gender, professionalism, and the Victorian idea of Christian mission /

This is the first comprehensive study of the role of gender in British Protestant missionary expansion into China and India during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on the experiences of wives and daughters, female missionaries, educators and medical staff associated with t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Semple, Rhonda Anne, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2003.
Temas:
London Missionary Society > History.
China Inland Mission > History.
China Inland Mission.
London Missionary Society.
Women in missionary work > Great Britain > History.
Protestant churches > Missions > Great Britain > History.
Women in missionary work > Himalaya Mountains Region > History.
Missions, British > Himalaya Mountains Region > History.
Women in missionary work > China > History.
Missions, British > China > History.
Femmes dans l'œuvre missionnaire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Églises protestantes > Missions > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Femmes dans l'œuvre missionnaire > Himālaya > Histoire.
Missions britanniques > Himālaya > Histoire.
Femmes dans l'œuvre missionnaire > Chine > Histoire.
Missions britanniques > Chine > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
Missions, British.
Protestant churches > Missions.
Women in missionary work.
Vrouwen.
Zending.
Zendelingen.
China.
Great Britain.
Himalaya Mountains Region.
History.
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  • Under the influence of wise and devoted and spiritually minded colleagues
  • She is a lady of much ability and intelligence : the selection and training of candidates
  • LMS work in North India : the feeblest work in all of India
  • Good temper and common sense are invaluable : the Church of Scotland Eastern Himalayan Mission
  • The work of the CIM at Chefoo : faith-filled generations
  • Gender and the professionalization of Victorian society : the mission example
  • Conclusion: fools for Christ.

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