Sisters crossing boundaries : : German missionary nuns in Colonial Togo and New Guinea, 1897-1960 / / by Katharina Stornig.
The last third of the 19th century witnessed a considerable increase in the active participation of women in the various Christian missions. Katharina Stornig focusses onthe Catholic case, and particularly explores the activities and experiences of German missionary nuns, the so-called Servants of t...
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| Superior document: | Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz. Abteilung für Abendländische Religionsgeschichte ; volume 232 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Göttingen : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz ;
Bd. 232. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (418 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | The last third of the 19th century witnessed a considerable increase in the active participation of women in the various Christian missions. Katharina Stornig focusses onthe Catholic case, and particularly explores the activities and experiences of German missionary nuns, the so-called Servants of the Holy Spirit,in colonial Togo and New Guinea in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. Introducing the nuns' ambiguous roles as travelers, evangelists, believers, domestic workers, farmers, teachers, and nurses, Stornig highlights the ways in which these women shaped and were shaped b |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3666101291 364710129X |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Katharina Stornig. |