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"Providence has freed our hands"
"Providence has freed our hands": women's missions and the American encounter with Japan
Karen K. Seat
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2008.
ISBN: 0815631812   DDC: 266.7652082   LCC: BV2610   Edition: (hardcover : alk. paper)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-180) and index.

"Something in me, dangerous": women's missions in the age of empire
-- "Translated from darkness to light": the formation of an American
missionary woman -- "Who are we that we should fight against the Holy
Spirit?": the rise of the American women's mission movement --
"Opened before our delighted vision": American Protestant
missionaries in new Japan -- "The world moves": Protestant
missionaries negotiate gender ideologies -- "One world-wide
sisterhood": advocating a conditional equality.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 266.7652082 -- Missions
LCC Number: BV2610

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xvii, 193 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition Info: (hardcover : alk. paper)

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•  United States -- Church history -- 19th century (176)
•  Women in missionary work (15)
•  Women missionaries -- United States (4)

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•  University of Virginia (last modified on 07/29/2009)
•  Library of Congress (last modified on 07/08/2009)

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