Christian Imperial Feminism : White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kenny, Gale L.

Series:

North American Religions Series

North American Religions Series ; v.20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian women--Religious life--United States.

Christian women.

Christian women--Political activity--United States.

Proselytizing.

Protestant churches--Unites States--Influence.

Protestant churches.

Women missionaries--United states.

Women missionaries.

Christianity and politics--United States.

Christianity and politics.

Feminism--Religious aspects.

Feminism.

Race--Religious aspects.

Race.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Illuminates how white American Protestant women embraced a racially specific version of social inclusiveness that centered themselves as the norm. Amidst the global instability of the early twentieth century, white Christian American women embraced the idea of an "empire of Christ" that was racially diverse, but which they believed they were uniquely qualified to manage. America's burgeoning power, combined with women's rising roles within thechurch, led to white Protestant women adopting a feminism rooted in religion and imperialism.Gale L. Kenny examines this Christian imperial feminism from the women's missionary movement to create a Christian world order. She shows that this Christian imperial feminism marked a break from an earlier Protestant world view that focused on moral and racial purity and in which interactions among races were inconceivable. This new approach actually prioritized issues like civil rights and racial integration, as well as the uplift of women, though the racially diverse world Christianity it aspired to was still to be rigidly hierarchically ordered, with white women retaining a privileged place as guardians.In exposing these dynamics, this book departs from recent scholarship on white evangelical nationalism to focus on the racial politics of white religious liberalism. Christian Imperial Feminism adds a necessary layer to our understanding of religion, gender, and empire."

Contents:

Abbreviations

Introduction: Consecrating empire

1. Christian imperial feminism and mission study

2. Performing Christian imperial feminism in missionary pageants

3. Learning to cooperate by cooperating

4. Christian Americanization and the tri-faith movement

5. The spiritual feelings and religious politics of interracial cooperation

6. Christian citizens, world citizens

Conclusion: Christianity and women's rights

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Kenny, Gale L. Christian Imperial Feminism

ISBN:

9781479825554

1479825557

OCLC:

1402813570