Women in Christianity in the age of empire : (1800-1920) / edited by Janet Wootton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wootton, Janet, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Cultural history of women in Christianity.

A cultural history of women in Christianity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in Christianity--History--19th century.

Women in Christianity.

Women in Christianity--History--20th century.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

List of Figures and Tables

List of contributors

Editorial

Introduction: Women and Christianity in the Age of Empire (1800-1920) / Janet Wootton

1. Theological Approaches to Women in the Age of Empire / Julie Melnyk

2. The Virgin Mary / Carol Engelhardt Herringer

3. Female Saints: Industry, Image, Inspiration / Cynthia Aalders

4. Women, Religion, Science and Technology in the Age of Empire, ca 1780 -1920 / Jacqueline R. deVries

5. Education / Angharad Eyre

6. Philosophical Beliefs: Global Voices

Christianisation of Female Initiation Rites by the London Missionary Society: The Case of Northern Rhodesia, 1883-1920 / Jonathan Kangwa

'Female Fathers' and 'Male Mothers': Overlooked Non-binary Gender References in Southern Africa / Kuzipa Nalwamba

Korean Women under the Impact of Imperialism / Seonyi Lee

Korean American Women and the Church: Identity, Spirituality, and Gender Roles / Grace Ji-Sun Kim

7. Popular Beliefs: Global Voices

Missionary Women and Chinese Marriage / Tamara Cooper

Revisionist Footbinding in China: Cultural Encounters between Women Missionaries and Chinese Women / Wong Wai-Yin Christina

A Brief Her-story of Women in Christianity in Modern Taiwan (nineteenth-early twentieth Century) / Chiu Kai-Li

Minnie Mackay: Taiwan's hidden Treasure / Louise Gamble

The developing role of women missionaries: a case study on Eleanor Pegg (née Sell; 1871-1954) / Peggy Jackson and Janet Wootton (based on research by Eleanor's granddaughter, Peggy Jackson)

8. Popular Images: Representations of Christian Women: Designs on Domesticity and Constructions amid Conflict / Jill Peterfeso

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 22, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Women in Christianity in the age of empire

ISBN:

9780429325786

0429325789

9781000539516

1000539512

9781000539547

1000539547

Publisher Number:

40031098437

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.