Birthing Revival : Women and Mission in Nineteenth-Century France /

"The nineteenth century witnessed a flurry of evangelical and missionary activity in Europe and North America. This was an era of renewed piety and intense zeal spanning denominations and countries. One area of Protestant flourishing in this period has received scant attention in Anglophone sou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sigg, Michèle Miller (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waco : Baylor University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women missionaries.
Women in missionary work.
Women in church work.
Women.
Protestants.
Missions.
Evangelical Revival.
Evangelical Revival > France.
Missions > France.
Protestants > France.
Protestants > France > History > 19th century.
Women > France > 19th century.
Women in church work > History.
Women in missionary work > France.
France.
France > History > 19th century.
France > Church history > 19th century.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introductions: A story of beginnings
  • Keeping the faith: persecution and revival in Huguenot history
  • French prophets, Moravians, Methodists: women and early mission
  • Biblewomen and teachers: educating for mission in the Oberlin revival
  • Saving Gavroche: Parisian women and infant schools
  • Mission before the missionary movement: women and Bible societies
  • A distinctively female network: launching the mission society
  • Divine calling au feminin: seeking identity in mission
  • Out in the field: women arrive at the Lesotho mission
  • For better, for worse: marriage, education, and renewal in mission and metropole
  • Reviving the reveil: French Reformed deaconesses
  • Conclusion: A legacy beyond mere influence.

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