Church of Women - Gendered Encounters Between Maasai and Missionaries

Informationen zum Autor Dorothy L. Hodgson Klappentext This rich, engaging, and original book challenges notions about religious encounter and the role of ethnic identity, female authority, and power among Maasai. Zusammenfassung A gendered consideration of cultural change and the religious encounter among the Maasai. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Preface Note on Maasai Terms Introduction: Gender, Power, and the Missionary Encounter 1. "Oh She Who Brings the Rain" 2. Men of the Church 3. Evangelizing "the Maasai" 4. The Church of Women 5. Being a Man in the Church of Women 6. Possessed by the Spirit 7. Toward a Maasai Catholicism? Conclusion Bibliography Index

List of contents

Contents
Preface
Note on Maasai Terms
Introduction: Gender, Power, and the Missionary Encounter
1. "Oh She Who Brings the Rain"
2. Men of the Church
3. Evangelizing "the Maasai"
4. The Church of Women
5. Being a Man in the Church of Women
6. Possessed by the Spirit
7. Toward a Maasai Catholicism?
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy L Hodgson, Dorothy L. Hodgson, Dorothy Louise Hodgson
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.05.2005
• EAN: 9780253217622
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21762-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous