Mary Lyon and the Mount Holyoke missionaries / / Amanda Porterfield

• Autore: Porterfield Amanda <1947->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 pages) : portraits
• Disciplina: 266.023; 266/.02373/0082
• 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
• 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
• ISBN: 0-19-774004-9; 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.: 9910778722703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)