Encounters in quest of Christian womanhood :: the Basel Mission in pre- and early colonial Ghana /

Christianity has come to be a religion embraced especially by women and not least in Africa. This book provides one of the as yet rare case studies for the early stages of this development: how African women on the pre- and early colonial Gold Coast (Ghana) encountered Basel Mission Christianity, 18...

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1. Verfasser: Sill, Ulrike (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Schriftenreihe:Studies in Christian mission ; v. 39.
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Zusammenfassung:Christianity has come to be a religion embraced especially by women and not least in Africa. This book provides one of the as yet rare case studies for the early stages of this development: how African women on the pre- and early colonial Gold Coast (Ghana) encountered Basel Mission Christianity, 1843-1885. Popular interpretations have tended to describe Christianity as either 'empowering' or 'domesticating' African women. Looking at variegated push-and-pull factors and in its focus on the agency of Ghanaian women this detailed analysis moves beyond. It situates the quest for Christian womanho.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 420 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-408) and index.
ISBN:9789004193734
9004193731
1282952927
9781282952928
ISSN:0924-9389 ;

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