Mary Slessor--everybody's mother : the era and impact of a Victorian missionary /

How did a petite redhead from the slums of Dundee become a role model for a hundred years? How did she come to wield influence in the land known to her compatriots as the white man's grave? Why are there statues of her holding twins in Nigeria' How did she develop her missionary fervor com...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hardage, Jeanette
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. : Lutterworth Press, 2010, ©2008.
Temas:
Slessor, Mary, > 1848-1915.
Church of Scotland > Missions > Nigeria > Calabar Region.
Church of Scotland.
Women missionaries > Nigeria > Calabar Region > Biography.
Women missionaries > Scotland > Biography.
Presbyterian Church > Missions > Nigeria > Calabar Region.
Femmes missionnaires > Écosse > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
Missions.
Presbyterian Church > Missions.
Women missionaries.
Scotland.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preparing and going, 1848-1879. Early influences ; Duke Town
  • Branching out, 1879-1890. Old Town : too busy ; A long pause : Creek Town ; Marsh fever and other afflictions ; Opening a territory
  • New possibilities, 1890-1900. Escapades and romance ; Hopes and disappointments ; British imperial agents ; Visitors and empire
  • Queen Mary, 1900-1909. Bairns ; Long juju ; A new man and new work ; Court and furlough ; Disagreements in and out of court
  • A life spent, 1909-1915. Faith matters ; Ikpe and Nkana ; Rest and honor
  • A legacy, 1915 and later. Endings ; Remembrance ; Epilogue: African mission to Liverpool.

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