Gospel bearers, gender barriers : missionary women in the twentieth century / edited by Dana L. Robert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Robert, Dana Lee.

Series:

American Society of Missiology series ; no. 32.

American Society of Missiology series ; no. 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women missionaries--History--20th century.

Women missionaries.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 249 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [2002]

Summary:

A fascinating look at the lives of women who bore the heat of the day in Christian mission, but who were often forgotten by history until now.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Historical Themes and Current Issues / Dana L. Robert 1

Part 1 The Integration and Fragmentation of Women's Missions, 1920-1945

The Protestant "Woman's Missionary Movement"

2. Women Missionaries and the Formation of Native Presbyterian Pastors in the Pacific Northwest / Bonnie Sue Lewis 31

3. "Standing behind the Looms" American Missionary Women and Indian Church Women in the Devolution Process / Melissa Lewis Heim 47

Evangelical Women in the Mission Field

4. Susan Beamish Strachan (1874-1950) Mission Entrepreneur, Educator, and Leader / Christina Tellechea Accornero 63

5. Missionary Women and Holiness Revivals in China during the 1920s / Kevin Xiyi Yao 73

6. Dora Yu (1873-1931) Foremost Female Evangelist in Twentieth-Century Chinese Revivalism / Silas H. L. Wu 85

Part 2 Evangelization, Liberation, and Globalization, 1945-2000

Evangelization and Women's Rights in Late-Twentieth-Century Protestant Mission

7. Queens in the Kingdom Southern Baptist Mission Education for Girls, 1953-1970 / Lydia Huffman Hoyle 101

8. Shifting Sands for Southern Baptist Women in Missions / Catherine B. Allen 113

Liberationist Perspectives and Collaborative Structures Among Roman Catholic Women Missioners

9. American Catholic "Woman's Work for Woman" in the Twentieth Century / Angelyn Dries, O.S.F. 127

10. Empowering Immaculate Heart of Mary Missionaries Compelling Vision, Collaborative Decisions / Mary Joseph Maher, I.H.M. 143

11. "On Planting Dates" The Consequences of Missionary Activity on U.S.-Based Franciscan Sisterhoods (1960-2000) / Margaret Eletta Guider, O.S.F. 157

The Globalization of Women in Mission

12. From the Inside Out Gender Ideologies and Christian Mission in Indonesia / Frances S. Adeney 171

13. Without a Face The Nineteenth-Century Bible Woman and Twentieth-Century Female Jeondosa / Young Lee Hertig 185

14. Mission as Witness to African-American Muslims A Womanist Approach / Marsha Snulligan Haney 201

15. Do Missions Raise or Lower the Status of Women? Conflicting Reports from Africa / Miriam Adeney 211.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index.

ISBN:

157075425X

OCLC:

48649724