Mary Lyon and the Mount Holyoke missionaries / Amanda Porterfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porterfield, Amanda, 1947- author.

Series:

Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)

Oxford scholarship online.

Religion in America series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849--Influence.

Lyon, Mary.

Mount Holyoke Female Seminary--History.

Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.

Women missionaries--Training of--Massachusetts--Holyoke--History--19th century.

Women missionaries.

Missionaries--Training of--Massachusetts--Holyoke--History--19th century.

Missionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages) : portraits

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work looks at the life and work of Mount Holyoke founder Mary Lyon, and the missionary women trained by her. Their activities in various parts of the world made major contributions to cultural change and the development of new cultures, and enabled women to break into public life.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Place of Antebellum Missionary Women in American Religious History; TWO: Religious Community at Mount Holyoke; THREE: The Conversion Process and the Self-Referential Character of Missionary Zeal; FOUR: The Centrality of Women in the Revitalization of Nestorian Christianity and Its Conflict with Islam; FIVE: The Presence and Impact of Mary Lyon's Students in Maharashtra; SIX: Mount Holyoke Missionaries and Their Husbands in Zululand and Natal; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-172) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774004-9

1-280-45377-X

0-19-535450-8

0-585-21174-4

OCLC:

476009872