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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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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 |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Seitenzählung auf der ersten Seiten oberhalb des Aufsatzes: Seite 17-27 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Fides et historia
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