What kind of men were missionaries? What kind of masculinity did they represent, in ideology as well as in practice? Presupposing masculinity to be a cluster of cultural ideas and social practices that change over time and space, and not a stable entity with a natural, inherent meaning, Kristin Fjelde Tjelle seeks to answer such questions.

Tjelle study is a vital and innovative component of wider historical studies of the relationship between religious belief and masculinity. ... Missionary masculinity is an important, fascinating and innovating contribution to the field of historical masculinity ... . (Catherine Jamieson, Theology & Sexuality, Vol. 21 (2), 2016)

Kristin Fjelde Tjelle makes a significant contribution to what is still a relatively new approach to the history of the foreign mission movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. will be most useful to Africanist readers with a prior understanding of southern African history and/or the history of missions during the period under study. Missionary Masculinity's theoretical groundings and transnational perspective will offer significant insights into important historical questions and suggest multiple avenues for further research. (Sara C. Jorgensen, African Studies Quarterly, Vol. 16 (1), December, 2015)

Autorentext

Kristin Fjelde Tjelle is a historian and Director of the School of Mission and Theology in Stavanger, Norway. Her research is on the Norwegian Missionary Movement in the nineteenth and twentieth century with a particular interest in missions and gender.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Missionaries and Masculinities PART 1: THE CONSTRUCTION OF NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN MISSIONARY MASCULINITY 2. Missionary Self-Making 3. Proper Missionary Masculinity 4. Confessional Missionary Masculinity 5. Norwegian Missionary Masculinity and 'Other' Zulu Masculinity 6. Missionary Masculinity versus Missionary Femininity PART 2: MISSIONARY MASCULINITY BETWEEN PROFESSIONALISM AND PRIVACY 7. Missionary Men 8. Family Men 9. Men in The World