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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820729103321

Autore

Ahn Katherine H. Lee

Titolo

Awakening the hermit kingdom : pioneer American women missionaries in Korea / / Katherine H. Lee Ahn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pasadena, Calif. : , : William Carey Library, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

0-87808-827-X

0-87808-639-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 447 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

266/.0237305190922

266.0237305190922

Soggetti

Women missionaries - Korea

Women missionaries - United States

Women missionaries

Biographies.

Korea

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-397) and index.

Nota di contenuto

American Protestant missions in Korea, 1885-1907 -- The making of pioneer women missionaries for Korea -- Journey to Korea -- The land of Korea and the American missionary women -- Establishing missionary life in Korea -- The beginning of women's missionary work in Korea, 1884-1889 -- Evangelism and the geographical expansion of women's work, 1890-1907 -- Women's medical and educational work and its impact, 1890-1907.

Sommario/riassunto

Awakening the Hermit Kingdom: Pioneer American Women Missionaries in Korea gives a focused look at the long-ignored subject, the pioneer women missionaries to the Hermit Kingdom, as the early missionaries often called Korea. Based largely on private papers and mission reports of the missionaries, the author explores the life and work of the American women missionaries in the first quarter century of the Protestant mission in Korea. This book brings a new light to the history



of Protestantism in Korea by revealing the identity and activities of the women missionaries, as well as the level of religious and social impact made by their presence and work in Korea.