Christian Imperial Feminism

Author : Gale L. Kenny
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 288 pages
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Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781479825516

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Illuminates how white American Protestant women embraced a racially specific version of social inclusiveness that centered themselves as the norm Amidst the global instability of the early twentieth century, white Christian American women embraced the idea of an “empire of Christ” that was racially diverse, but which they believed they were uniquely qualified to manage. America’s burgeoning power, combined with women’s rising roles within the church, led to white Protestant women adopting a feminism rooted in religion and imperialism. Gale L. Kenny examines this Christian imperial feminism from the women’s missionary movement to create a Christian world order. She shows that this Christian imperial feminism marked a break from an earlier Protestant world view that focused on moral and racial purity and in which interactions among races were inconceivable. This new approach actually prioritized issues like civil rights and racial integration, as well as the uplift of women, though the racially diverse world Christianity it aspired to was still to be rigidly hierarchically ordered, with white women retaining a privileged place as guardians. In exposing these dynamics, this book departs from recent scholarship on white evangelical nationalism to focus on the racial politics of white religious liberalism. Christian Imperial Feminism adds a necessary layer to our understanding of religion, gender, and empire.

Author : Gale L. Kenny
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781479825547

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Christian Imperial Feminism by Gale L. Kenny Pdf

Illuminates how white American Protestant women embraced a racially specific version of social inclusiveness that centered themselves as the norm Amidst the global instability of the early twentieth century, white Christian American women embraced the idea of an “empire of Christ” that was racially diverse, but which they believed they were uniquely qualified to manage. America’s burgeoning power, combined with women’s rising roles within the church, led to white Protestant women adopting a feminism rooted in religion and imperialism. Gale L. Kenny examines this Christian imperial feminism from the women’s missionary movement to create a Christian world order. She shows that this Christian imperial feminism marked a break from an earlier Protestant world view that focused on moral and racial purity and in which interactions among races were inconceivable. This new approach actually prioritized issues like civil rights and racial integration, as well as the uplift of women, though the racially diverse world Christianity it aspired to was still to be rigidly hierarchically ordered, with white women retaining a privileged place as guardians. In exposing these dynamics, this book departs from recent scholarship on white evangelical nationalism to focus on the racial politics of white religious liberalism. Christian Imperial Feminism adds a necessary layer to our understanding of religion, gender, and empire.

Author : Susan Frank Parsons
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996-02-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521468205

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Feminism and Christian Ethics by Susan Frank Parsons Pdf

Feminists are aware of the diversity of thinking within their own tradition, and of the different approaches to moral questions in which that is manifest. This book describes and analyses that diversity by distinguishing three distinct paradigms of moral reasoning to be found within feminism. Using the writings of feminists, the major strengths and weaknesses of each theory are considered, so that creative dialogue between them can be encouraged. Three common themes are drawn out - which are also on the agenda of new developments in philosophical and Christian ethics: the search for an appropriate universalism, the possibility of a redemptive community and the development of a new humanism. Feminists may be encouraged, through this account of their considerable scholarship in ethical thinking, to contribute to these changes with their special concern for the lives and the fulfilment of women.

Author : Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza,Elizabeth S. Schussler
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1994-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826408587

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Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza,Elizabeth S. Schussler Pdf

'An important contribution to feminist christological conversation."- Toronto Journal of Theology "Essential for anyone grappling in depth with issues of biblical christology." -Anglican Theological Review

Author : Clare Midgley
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0719048206

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Gender and Imperialism by Clare Midgley Pdf

This book marks an important new intervention into a vibrant area of scholarship, creating a dialogue between the histories of imperialism and of women and gender. By engaging critically with both traditional British imperial history and colonial discourse analysis, the essays demonstrate how feminist historians can play a central role in creating new histories of British imperialism. Chronologically, the focus is on the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries, while geographically the essays range from the Caribbean to Australia and span India, Africa, Ireland and Britain itself. Topics explored include the question of female agency in imperial contexts, the relationships between feminism and nationalism, and questions of sexuality, masculinity and imperial power.

Author : Pui-lan Kwok
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Feminist theology
ISBN : 0334040078

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Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology by Pui-lan Kwok Pdf

In the burgeoning field of Postcolonial studies, Kwok Pui-lan offers the first full-length theological treatment of this important perspective. Postcolonialism recognizes that most theology has been formed in dominant, imperial cultures (such as Europe and America) and that theology's task now must be a "decolonizing of the mind" that frees Christianity from the imperializing structures that have imprisoned us all. The author's experience as a Chinese Christian is key to her postcolonial understanding; she asks why Chinese women (such as her ancestors) became Christian over a century ago. Western missionaries wrote about the "uplifting" of these women into the gospel faith and Western civilization, but how did these women perceive what happened to them as they became Christian? Postcolonialism empowers an investigation of concepts such as "home" and "belonging," as well as ideas of borders and boundaries. Identity and hybridity are frequent topics for exploration. Post colonialism realizes that there are many centres and margins within the global world today ( and within global Christianity), and that perspectives differ amazingly from the various places where Christians live, express, and talk about their faith. In this book, Kwok Pui-lan explains her methodological basis for postcolonial theology, and then explores several specific topics, including Christology, pluralism, and creation.

Author : Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190205645

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A New Gospel for Women by Kristin Kobes Du Mez Pdf

This title tells the story of Katharine Bushnell (1855-1946), a remarkable figure in the history of Anglo-American social reform, women's rights, and feminist theology. A book of history, biography, and historical theology, 'A New Gospel for Women' demonstrates both the promises and perils of Christian feminism - particularly the challenges confronting those today who wish to construct a sexual ethic that is both Christian and feminist, and one suited to the realities of the modern world.

Author : Laura Schwartz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0719097282

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Infidel Feminism by Laura Schwartz Pdf

Infidel feminism is the first in-depth study of a distinctive brand of women's rights that emerged out of the Victorian Secularist movement. Anti-religious or secular ideas were fundamental to the development of feminist thought, but have, until now, been almost entirely passed over in the historiography of the Victorian and Edwardian women's movement. In uncovering an important tradition of Freethinking feminism, this book reveals an ongoing radical and free love current connecting Owenite feminism with the more 'respectable' post-1850 women's movement and the 'New Women' of the early twentieth century. Schwartz looks at the lives and work of a number of female activists associated with organised Secularism, whose renunciation of religion encouraged and shaped their support for women's emancipation. These self-proclaimed 'infidel' feminists championed moral autonomy, free speech, and the democratic dissemination of knowledge. Alongside their rejection of god-given notions of sexual difference and a critique of the Christian institution of marriage such Freethinking principles provided powerful intellectual tools with which to challenge dominant and oppressive constructions of womanhood. Their contribution to the wider feminist movement was significant at a time when the issue of women's rights was integral to the creation of modern definitions of 'religion' and 'secularism' and when feminists and anti-feminists, Christians and Freethinkers battled over who had women's best interests at heart. This book will be invaluable to both scholars and students of social and cultural history and feminist thought, and to interdisciplinary studies of religion and secularisation. Its accessible style will also ensure that it appeals to those interested in the history of women's movements more broadly.

Author : Heloise Brown
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0719065313

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"The Truest Form of Patriotism" by Heloise Brown Pdf

This text explores the pervasive influence of pacifism on Victorian feminism. Drawing on previously unused source material, it provides an account of Victorian women who campaigned for peace and the many feminists who incorporated pacifist ideas into their writing on women and women's work. It explores feminists' ideas about the role of women within the empire, their eligibility for citizenship and their ability to act as moral guardians in public life. Brown shows that such ideas made use - in varying ways - of gendered understandings of the role of force and the relevance of arbitration and other pacifist strategies. organizations, from well-known feminists such as Lydia Becker, Josephine Butler and Milicent Garrett Fawcett, to lesser-known figures such as the Quaker pacifists Ellen Robinson and Priscilla Peckover. Women's work within male-dominated organizations, such as the Peace Society and the International Arbitration and Peace Association, is covered alongside single-sex organizations, such as the International Council of Women. Also reviewed are the arguments put forward in feminist journals like the Englishwoman's Review and the Women's Penny Paper. Brown uncovers a wide range of pacifist, internationalist and anti-imperialist strands in Victorian feminist thought, focusing on how these ideas developed within the political and organizational context of the time. movements and to those with an interest in the history of British feminism.

Author : Sylvia Tamale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1988832497

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Decolonization and Afro-Feminism by Sylvia Tamale Pdf

Author : Katherine Mayo
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 047206715X

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Mother India by Katherine Mayo Pdf

A new edition of Mayo's controversial 1927 book, with commentary that sheds new light on Indian nationalism of this period

Author : Martha Frederiks,Dorottya Nagy
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004399600

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Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission by Martha Frederiks,Dorottya Nagy Pdf

This selection of texts introduces students and researchers to the multi- and interdisciplinary field of mission history. The four parts of this book acquaint the readers with methodological considerations and recurring themes in the academic study of the history of mission. Part one revolves around methods, part two documents approaches, while parts three and four consist of thematic clusters, such as mission and language, medical mission, mission and education, women and mission, mission and politics, and mission and art.Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission is suitable for course-work and other educational purposes.

Author : Musa W. Dube Shomanah,Musa Dube
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0827230575

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Postcolonial Feminist Interpretation of the Bible by Musa W. Dube Shomanah,Musa Dube Pdf

Noting that the ways of interpreting the Bible now practiced in the West are patriarchal and oppressive of those in other parts of the world, Dube offers an alternative interpretation that attends to and respects needs of women in the two-thirds world. In a provocative and insightful reading of the book of Matthew, she shows us how to read the Bible as decolonizing rather than imperialist literature.

Author : Gale L. Kenny
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820340456

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Contentious Liberties by Gale L. Kenny Pdf

The Oberlin College mission to Jamaica, begun in the 1830s, was an ambitious, and ultimately troubled, effort to use the example of emancipation in the British West Indies to advance the domestic agenda of American abolitionists. White Americans hoped to argue that American slaves, once freed, could be absorbed productively into the society that had previously enslaved them, but their “civilizing mission” did not go as anticipated. Gale L. Kenny's illuminating study examines the differing ideas of freedom held by white evangelical abolitionists and freed people in Jamaica and explores the consequences of their encounter for both American and Jamaican history. Kenny finds that white Americans—who went to Jamaica intending to assist with the transition from slavery to Christian practice and solid citizenship—were frustrated by liberated blacks' unwillingness to conform to Victorian norms of gender, family, and religion. In tracing the history of the thirty-year mission, Kenny makes creative use of available sources to unpack assumptions on both sides of this American-Jamaican interaction, showing how liberated slaves in many cases were able not just to resist the imposition of white mores but to redefine the terms of the encounter.

Author : Joseph Martos,Pierre Hégy
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802078524

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Equal at the Creation by Joseph Martos,Pierre Hégy Pdf

As an unabashedly sexist institution that has long been rooted in patriarchal ideals, the Christian church has few . Written by recognized experts in church history, the articles in this book take a close look at women's status in key periods.