Indigenous African Women's Contribution to Christianity in NE Zambia - Case Study: Helen Nyirenda Kaunda
This article explores the contribution of indigenous African women to the growth of Christianity in North Eastern Zambia. Using a socio-historical method, the article shows that the Presbyterian Free Church of Scotland in North Eastern Zambia evangelized mainly through literacy training and preachin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2017]
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Feminist theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-46 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDG Free church RJ Mission; missiology |
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Free Church of Scotland
B Indigenous women B Mwenzo Mission B North Eastern Zambia B indigenous African women B Christianity B Church Buildings B Helen Nyirenda Kaunda B Lubwa Mission |
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| Summary: | This article explores the contribution of indigenous African women to the growth of Christianity in North Eastern Zambia. Using a socio-historical method, the article shows that the Presbyterian Free Church of Scotland in North Eastern Zambia evangelized mainly through literacy training and preaching. The active involvement of indigenous ministers and teacher-evangelists was indispensable in this process. The article argues that omission of the contribution of indigenous African women who were teacher-evangelists in the standard literature relating to the work of the Presbyterian Free Church of Scotland in North Eastern Zambia exposes a patriarchal bias in mission historiography. In an effort to redress this omission, the article explores and evaluates the contribution and experience of an indigenous African woman, Helen Nyirenda Kaunda. Based on relevant research the article concludes that indigenous African women were among the pioneers of mission work in North Eastern Zambia. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5189 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Feminist theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0966735017711871 |