Historiography of Twentieth Century Womens Missionary Nursing - Doing the Lords Work in Kenya and South India

This volume draws on a trove of unpublished original material from the pre-1940s to the present to offer a unique historiographic study of twentieth-century Methodist missionary work and women's active expression of faith, practised at the critical confluence of historical and global changes.

List of contents

1. Sketching the Sacred: An Introduction to a Contemporary Hagiography 2. Methodism: People, Passion and Piety 3. The Foundations of Faith: A Methodist Girlhood 4. War, Mercy, Hope and Charity 5. The 'Call' to India 6. Medical Mission in India and the Confluence of Worlds 7. The Road to Maua. 8. The Mutani and the Mau Mau. 9. New Jerusalems. 10. Conclusions: An Unfolding Legacy

About the author

Sara Ashencaen Crabtree is Professor of Social and Cultural Diversity, Bournemouth University, UK, and Professor Emeritus, University of Stavanger, Norway. An internationally renowned social scientist, she publishes prolifically, on faith, gender, diversity, welfare and vulnerability.

Product details

• Authors: Sara Ashencaen Crabtree, Sara (Bournemouth University Ashencaen Crabtree
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032417950
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241795-0
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Historiography, HISTORY / Women, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Medicine, History of Religion, British & Irish history, Regional Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, General and world history, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards