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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sill, Ulrike.

Series:

Studies in Christian Mission 39.

Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; v. 39

Brill ebook titles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft in Basel--History--19th century.

Evangelische Missionsgesellschaft in Basel.

Missions--Ghana--History--19th century.

Missions.

Christian women--Ghana--History--19th century.

Christian women.

Ghana--Church history--19th century.

Ghana.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 womanhood as part of trans-national discourses and exchanges, as well as local interactions, and writes a social history that is at once transnational and transcultural.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / U. Sill

Prologue. Celebrating Christian Womanhood In Ghana – The 10th Anniversary Of The Presbyterian Women’s Centre In Abokobi 2002 / U. Sill

I. Introduction / U. Sill

II. The Basel Women’s Mission In The European And The Basel Context / U. Sill

III. The Women Involved In Basel Mission Encounters On The Gold Coast / U. Sill

IV. Embodying Christian Womanhood – ‘African’ Actors In The Basel Mission / U. Sill

V. Christiansborg – Acquiring Space To Propagate Basel Femininity / U. Sill

VI. Akuapem And Akuropon (I) – Establishing New Spaces / U. Sill

VII. Akuapem (II) – Existing Loyalties And New Options / U. Sill

VIII. Creating A New Female Space: The Basel Mission Girls’ Boarding Schools / U. Sill

IX. Women’s Speech In The Basel Mission Community And Beyond / U. Sill

Summary / U. Sill

Appendix / U. Sill

Bibliography / U. Sill

Index / U. Sill.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-95292-7

9786612952920

90-04-19373-1

OCLC:

701704161

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004188884.i-422 DOI