Awakening the hermit kingdom : pioneer American women missionaries in Korea / Katherine H. Lee Ahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahn, Katherine H. Lee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ahn, Katherine H. Lee.

Women missionaries--Korea--Biography.

Women missionaries.

Women missionaries--United States--Biography.

Korea.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 447 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pasadena, Calif. : William Carey Library, 2009.

Summary:

Awakening the Hermit Kingdom: Pioneer American Women Missionaries in Korea gives a focused look at the long-ignored subject, the pioneer women missionaries to the Hermit Kingdom, as the early missionaries often called Korea. Based largely on private papers and mission reports of the missionaries, the author explores the life and work of the American women missionaries in the first quarter century of the Protestant mission in Korea. This book brings a new light to the history of Protestantism in Korea by revealing the identity and activities of the women missionaries, as well as the level of religious and social impact made by their presence and work in Korea.

Contents:

American Protestant missions in Korea, 1885-1907

The making of pioneer women missionaries for Korea

Journey to Korea

The land of Korea and the American missionary women

Establishing missionary life in Korea

The beginning of women's missionary work in Korea, 1884-1889

Evangelism and the geographical expansion of women's work, 1890-1907

Women's medical and educational work and its impact, 1890-1907.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-397) and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Ahn, Katherine H. Lee. Awakening the hermit kingdom.

ISBN:

9780878088270

087808827X

9780878086399

0878086390