Gospel Bearers, Gender Barriers : Missionary Women in the Twentieth Century

by Robert, Dana L.

• ISBN13: 9781570754258
• ISBN10: 157075425X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

A fascinating look at the lives of women who bore the heat of day in Christian mission, but who were often forgotten by history until now.

Author Biography

Dana L. Robert, author of American Women in Mission, teaches at the Boston University School of Theology

Table of Contents

Preface to the ASM Series	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction Historical Themes and Current Issues	1	(30)
Dana L. Robert
PART ONE THE INTEGRATION AND FRAGMENTATION OF WOMEN'S MISSIONS, 1920-1945
THE PROTESTANT ``WOMAN'S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT''
Women Missionaries and the Formation of Native Presbyterian Pastors in the Pacific Northwest	31	(16)
Bonnie Sue Lewis
``Standing behind the Looms'' American Missionary Women and Indian Church Women in the Devolution Process	47	(16)
Melissa Lewis Heim
EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE MISSION FIELD
Susan Beamish Strachan (1874-1950) Mission Entrepreneur, Educator, and Leader	63	(10)
Christina Tellechea Accornero
Missionary Women and Holiness Revivals in China during the 1920s	73	(12)
Kevin Xiyi Yao
Dora Yu (1873-1931) Foremost Female Evangelist in Twentieth-Century Chinese Revivalism	85	(16)
Silas H. L. Wu
PART TWO EVANGELIZATION, LIBERATION, AND GLOBALIZATION, 1945-2000
EVANGELIZATION AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN LATE-TWENTIETH-CENTURY PROTESTANT MISSION
Queens in the Kingdom Southern Baptist Mission Education for Girls, 1953-1970	101	(12)
Lydia Huffman Hoyle
Shifting Sands for Southern Baptist Women in Missions	113	(14)
Catherine B. Allen
LIBERATIONIST PERSPECTIVES AND COLLABORATIVE STRUCTURES AMONG ROMAN CATHOLIC WOMEN MISSIONERS
American Catholic ``Woman's Work for Woman'' in the Twentieth Century	127	(16)
Angelyn Dries
Empowering Immaculate Heart of Mary Missionaries Compelling Vision, Collaborative Decisions	143	(14)
Mary Joseph Maher
``On Planting Dates'' The Consequences of Missionary Activity on U.S.-Based Francisican Sisterhoods (1960-2000)	157	(14)
Margaret Eletta Guider
THE GLOBALIZATION OF WOMEN IN MISSION
From the Inside Out Gender Ideologies and Christian Mission in Indonesia	171	(14)
Frances S. Adeney
Without a Face The Nineteenth-Century Bible Woman and Twentieth-Century Female Jeondosa	185	(16)
Young Lee Hertig
Mission as Witness to African-American Muslims A Womanist Approach	201	(10)
Marsha Snulligan Haney
Do Missions Raise or Lower the Status of Women? Conflicting Reports from Africa	211	(12)
Miriam Adeney
Contributors	223	(4)
Works Cited	227	(14)
Index	241