Woman’s Work for Woman: The Controversial Role of Female Missionaries in Korea, 1885-1945

The article explores the controversial role and responsibilities of women missionaries in Korea from 1885 to 1945. Topics discussed include the significant contribution of these missionaries to the advancement of the social status of Korean women, the missiology "Woman's Work for Woman&quo...

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Main Author: Chung, Soojin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2020]
In: Fides et historia
Year: 2020, Volume: 52, Issue: 2, Pages: 17-27
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBM Asia
NBE Anthropology
RF Christian education; catechetics
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Social status
B Missionaries; Societies, etc
B WOMAN empowerment
B SOCIAL conditions of women
B Korean history
B Women missionaries
B Missiology
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Summary:The article explores the controversial role and responsibilities of women missionaries in Korea from 1885 to 1945. Topics discussed include the significant contribution of these missionaries to the advancement of the social status of Korean women, the missiology "Woman's Work for Woman" which focused on women's empowerment following the establishment of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society (WFMS), and the accomplishments of missionaries Mary F. Scranton and Elisabeth J. Shepping.
Item Description:Seitenzählung auf der ersten Seiten oberhalb des Aufsatzes: Seite 17-27
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