| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 399 pages : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
African history and culture
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African history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Affecting missions -- Tractarian beginnings : theology and society in nineteenth-century Britain and East Africa -- From slaves to Christian mothers : developing a doctrine of female evangelism, 1863-1877 -- "Industrials" and "schoolgirls" : bonds of personal dependency and the Mbweni Girls' School, 1877-1890 -- Networks of affective spirituality : evangelism and expansion, 1890-1930 -- Of marriages and mimbas : minding the borders of the Christian community, 1910-1930 -- "I am a spiritual mother" : affect, celibacy, and social reproduction, 1920-1970 -- The intimacies of national belonging : community building in post-independence Tanzania, 1960-1970. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Universities' Mission to Central Africa -- History.
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Universities' Mission to Central Africa. |
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Christian women -- Religious life -- Africa, East.
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Christian women -- Africa, East -- Social conditions.
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Anglican Communion -- Missions -- Africa, East -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Prichard, Andreana C. Sisters in spirit. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2017 9781609175221 (DLC) 2016027499 (OCoLC)951854767 |
| ISBN |
9781609175221 (electronic bk.) |
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1609175220 (electronic bk.) |
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9781628952926 |
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162895292X |
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9781611862409 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781628962925 (kindle) |
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161186240X |
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1628962925 (kindle) |
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