Elizabeth Prevost examines the massive Protestant campaign of female missionary expansion between the 1860s and 1930s, through a comparison of Anglican women's experience in Uganda and Madigascar.

A meticulously researched, closely written and intriguing book.

Autorentext

Elizabeth E. Prevost is Assistant Professor of History at Grinnell College.

Inhalt

Introduction: Missionary Feminism; PART I: ENCOUNTERING GENDER AND CHRISTIANITY IN THE AFRICAN MISSION FIELD; 1. The Pedagogy of Protection: Female Education in Madagascar, 1867-1901; 2. Beyond Baptism: The Politics of Conversion in Uganda, 1895-1907; 3. Christianizing Womanhood in Madagascar, 1901-1923; 4. Christianizing Womanhood in Uganda, 1910-1930; PART II: EVANGELIZING AND EMANCIPATING THE METROPOLE; 5. Rethinking Christianity and Colonialism in the Wake of Total War; 6. Feminizing Church and State: Mission Christianity and Gender Politics, 1910-1928; 7. Globalizing Christian 'Sisterhood,' 1900-1930; Conclusion