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Karen K. Seat Providence Has Freed Our Hands (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- Providence Has Freed Our Hands
- Publication Name
- Providence Has Freed Our Hands : Women's Missions and the American Encounter with Japan
- Title
- Providence Has Freed Our Hands
- Subtitle
- Women’s Missions and the American Encounter with Japan
- EAN
- 9780815631811
- ISBN
- 9780815631811
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Hardcover
- Release Year
- 2008
- Release Date
- 30/04/2008
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Genre
- Philosophy & Spirituality
- Subject
- Christian Ministry / Missions, Christian Church / History, History, Sociology of Religion
- Series
- Women and Gender in Religion Ser.
- Subject Area
- Religion, Social Science
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Type
- Textbook
- Number of Pages
- 204 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
ISBN-10
0815631812
ISBN-13
9780815631811
eBay Product ID (ePID)
64148414
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
204 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Providence Has Freed Our Hands : Women's Missions and the American Encounter with Japan
Publication Year
2008
Subject
Christian Ministry / Missions, Christian Church / History, History, Sociology of Religion
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Social Science
Series
Women and Gender in Religion Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2007-040387
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
266/.7652082
Synopsis
At the close of the nineteenth century, American women missionaries traveled far afield to spread Christianity across the globe. Their presence abroad played a significant role in shaping foreign perceptions of America. At the same time, the cultural knowledge and independence these women missionaries gained had a profound impact on gender roles and racial ideologies among Protestants in the United States. In Providence Has Freed Our Hands, Karen K. Seat tells the history of women's foreign missions in Japan and reveals the considerable role they played in liberalizing American understandings of Christianity, gender, and race. The author uses the story of Elizabeth Russell, a colorful missionary to Japan, as the backbone for her study. As a member of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the most powerful women's institutions of the late nineteenth century, Russell founded a progressive school for girls in Japan, defying the conservative ideologies not only of her own organization but also of the government of Japan. Transformed by her experience in Japan, Russell became a forceful advocate for racial tolerance and women's access to education. With a storyteller's gift for narration, Seat illustrates how Russell's own life reflected the key issues fueling women's missions: increased access to higher education, the impact of evangelical spirituality on women's identities, and the broadening horizons available to women, while Russell's missionary work in turn opened up new discourses in American culture., At the close of the nineteenth century, American women missionaries traveled far afield to spread Christianity across the globe. Their presence abroad played a significant role in shaping foreign perceptions of America. This work tells the history of women's foreign missions in Japan., At the close of the nineteenth century, American women missionaries traveled far afield to spread Christianity across the globe. Their presence abroad played a significant role in shaping foreign perceptions of America. At the same time, the cultural knowledge and independence these women missionaries gained had a profound impact on gender roles and racial ideologies among Protestants in the United States. In "Providence Has Freed Our Hands," Karen K. Seat tells the history of women's foreign missions in Japan and reveals the considerable role they played in liberalizing American understandings of Christianity, gender, and race. The author uses the story of Elizabeth Russell, a colorful missionary to Japan, as the backbone for her study. As a member of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the most powerful women's institutions of the late nineteenth century, Russell founded a progressive school for girls in Japan, defying the conservative ideologies not only of her own organization but also of the government of Japan. Transformed by her experience in Japan, Russell became a forceful advocate for racial tolerance and women's access to education. With a storyteller's gift for narration, Seat illustrates how Russell's own life reflected the key issues fueling women's missions: increased access to higher education, the impact of evangelical spirituality on women's identities, and the broadening horizons available to women, while Russell's missionary work in turn opened up new discourses in American culture.
LC Classification Number
BV2610.S43 2008
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