Dorothy L Hodgson

The Church of Women

Gendered Encounters Between Maasai and Missionaries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This rich, engaging, and original book challenges notions about religious encounter and the role of ethnic identity, female authority, and power among Maasai.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: INDIANA UNIV PR
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 155mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780253217622
• ISBN-10: 0253217628
• Artikelnr.: 22371425

Autorenporträt

Dorothy L. Hodgson

Inhaltsangabe

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