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Encounters in Quest of Christian Womanhood: The Basel Mission in Pre- And Early Colonial Ghana

  • Hardback
  • 440 pages
  • Publisher: Brill

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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, 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.

  • Title

    Encounters in Quest of Christian Womanhood: The Basel Mission in Pre- And Early Colonial Ghana

  • Author

    Ulrike Sill

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    July 2010

  • Weight

    836g

  • Page Count

    440

  • ISBN

    9789004188884

  • ISBN-10

    9004188886

  • Eden Code

    4708765

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