The Basel Mission in Pre- and Early Colonial Ghana
Hardback
Publication Date: 07/07/2010
Christianity has come to be a religion embraced especially by women and not least in Africa. This book provides one of the as yet rare case studies for the early stages of this development: how African women on the pre- and early colonial Gold Coast (Ghana) encountered Basel Mission Christianity, 1843-1885. Popular interpretations have tended to describe Christianity as either 'empowering' or 'domesticating' African women. Looking at variegated push-and-pull factors and in its focus on the agency of Ghanaian women this detailed analysis moves beyond. It situates the quest for Christian womanhood as part of trans-national discourses and exchanges, as well as local interactions, and writes a social history that is at once transnational and transcultural.
- ISBN:
- 9789004188884
- 9789004188884
- Category:
- History of religion
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 07-07-2010
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Brill
- Country of origin:
- Netherlands
- Pages:
- 422
- Dimensions (mm):
- 240x160mm
- Weight:
- 0.9kg
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