The communion of women: missions and gender in colonial Africa and the British metropole
Introduction: Missionary feminism -- Pt. I. Encountering gender and Christianity in the African mission field. The pedagogy of protection : female education in Madagascar, 1867-1901 -- Beyond baptism : the politics of conversion in Uganda, 1895-1907 -- Christianizing womanhood in Madagascar, 1901-19...
Summary: | Introduction: Missionary feminism -- Pt. I. Encountering gender and Christianity in the African mission field. The pedagogy of protection : female education in Madagascar, 1867-1901 -- Beyond baptism : the politics of conversion in Uganda, 1895-1907 -- Christianizing womanhood in Madagascar, 1901-1923 -- Christianizing womanhood in Uganda, 1910-1930 -- Pt. II. Evangelizing and emancipating the metropole. Rethinking Christianity and colonialism in the wake of total war -- Feminizing church and state : mission Christianity and gender politics, 1910-1928 -- Globalizing Christian 'sisterhood', 1900-1930 |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Physical Description: | X, 312 S., Kt., 24 cm |
ISBN: | 0199570744 |