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

• Superior document: Studies in Christian mission, v. 39
• Author: Sill, Ulrike.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Christian Mission 39.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (438 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Prologue. Celebrating Christian Womanhood In Ghana – The 10th Anniversary Of The Presbyterian Women’s Centre In Abokobi 2002 /; I. Introduction /; II. The Basel Women’s Mission In The European And The Basel Context /; III. The Women Involved In Basel Mission Encounters On The Gold Coast /; IV. Embodying Christian Womanhood – ‘African’ Actors In The Basel Mission /; V. Christiansborg – Acquiring Space To Propagate Basel Femininity /; VI. Akuapem And Akuropon (I) – Establishing New Spaces /; VII. Akuapem (II) – Existing Loyalties And New Options /; VIII. Creating A New Female Space: The Basel Mission Girls’ Boarding Schools /; IX. Women’s Speech In The Basel Mission Community And Beyond /; Summary /; Appendix /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1282952927; 9786612952920; 9004193731
• ISSN: 0924-9389
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Ulrike Sill.

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.