Encounters in Quest of Christian Womanhood

The Basel Mission in Pre- And Early Colonial Ghana
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-90-04-18888-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 904 g

Reihe: Studies in Christian Mission

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.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the history of Christian missions, in social and religious history in Africa, as well as in the history of empire, of gender and in transnational history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sill, Ulrike

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Missionswissenschaft, Missionsgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Sill, Ulrike
Ulrike Sill, Dr.phil.des. (2007) in History, University of Basel, is research assistant for African History at the University of Basel. She has published on women and the history of the Basel Mission and Ghana.