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



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Autore: Porterfield Amanda <1947-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Mary Lyon and the Mount Holyoke missionaries [[electronic resource] /] / Amanda Porterfield Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
Disciplina: 266.023
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Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Mary Lyon and the Mount Holyoke missionaries  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-45377-X
0-19-535450-8
0-585-21174-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455753103321
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Serie: Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)