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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455753103321

Autore

Porterfield Amanda <1947->

Titolo

Mary Lyon and the Mount Holyoke missionaries [[electronic resource] /] / Amanda Porterfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

1-280-45377-X

0-19-535450-8

0-585-21174-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Religion in America series

Disciplina

266.023

266/.02373/0082

Soggetti

Women missionaries - Education (Higher) - Massachusetts - Holyoke - History - 19th century

Women missionaries - United States - History - 19th century

Missionaries - United States - History - 19th century

Women missionaries - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Place of Antebellum Missionary Women in American Religious History; TWO: Religious Community at Mount Holyoke; THREE: The Conversion Process and the Self-Referential Character of Missionary Zeal; FOUR: The Centrality of Women in the Revitalization of Nestorian Christianity and Its Conflict with Islam; FIVE: The Presence and Impact of Mary Lyon's Students in Maharashtra; SIX: Mount Holyoke Missionaries and Their Husbands in Zululand and Natal; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work looks at the life and work of Mount Holyoke founder Mary Lyon, and the missionary women trained by her. Their activities in various parts of the world made major contributions to cultural change and the development of new cultures, and enabled women to break into public life.