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

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

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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, 18...

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Superior document:Studies in Christian mission, v. 39
:
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.
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Table of 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.

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