02999nam 2200673Ia 450 991045575310332120200520144314.01-280-45377-X0-19-535450-80-585-21174-4(CKB)111004366529042(EBL)272258(OCoLC)476009872(SSID)ssj0000198455(PQKBManifestationID)11172324(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198455(PQKBWorkID)10170214(PQKB)11687855(MiAaPQ)EBC272258(Au-PeEL)EBL272258(CaPaEBR)ebr10278370(CaONFJC)MIL45377(OCoLC)466426641(EXLCZ)9911100436652904219961023d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMary Lyon and the Mount Holyoke missionaries[electronic resource] /Amanda PorterfieldNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (192 p.)Religion in America seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-511301-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-172) and index.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; IndexThis 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.Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)Women missionariesEducation (Higher)MassachusettsHolyokeHistory19th centuryWomen missionariesUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMissionariesUnited StatesHistory19th centuryWomen missionariesHistory19th centuryElectronic books.Women missionariesEducation (Higher)HistoryWomen missionariesHistoryMissionariesHistoryWomen missionariesHistory266.023266/.02373/0082Porterfield Amanda1947-913272MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455753103321Mary Lyon and the Mount Holyoke missionaries2045827UNINA