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Author : James Buchan
Publisher : St Andrew Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Expendable Mary Slessor written by James Buchan and published by St Andrew Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeanette Hardage
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556356013
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (563 download)
Download or read book Mary Slessor--Everybody's Mother written by Jeanette Hardage and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-05 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a petite redhead from the slums of Dundee become a role model for a hundred years? How did she come to wield influence in the land known to her compatriots as the white man's grave? Why are there statues of her holding twins in Nigeria? How did she develop her missionary fervor combined with down-to-earth common sense? How did she overcome difficult situations throughout her life in ways that set her apart from many Victorians? Her eccentricities are often cited: She climbed trees, marched barefoot and bareheaded through the forest, declined to filter her water, and shed her Victorian petticoats. On the other hand, because of her understanding of and rapport with the Africans among whom she lived, the British government appointed her their first woman magistrate anywhere in the world and later awarded her the highest honor then bestowed on a woman commoner. Mary Slessor--Everybody's Mother examines the era and influence of this extraordinary woman, who spent thirty-eight years serving as a Presbyterian missionary in Calabar. The work answers questions about the public Mary Slessor. It also looks at her private life. The author makes use of materials not found elsewhere, including Slessor's own writings and those of others of her era, reminiscences of her adopted Nigerian son, and assessments from contemporary sources. Slessor's audacity in remote areas of Nigeria contrasted with her timidity in public meetings in Scotland. She shunned the limelight and wondered why anyone would want to know about her. Her fame continues, especially in Nigeria and Scotland. She was certain God called her to serve in Calabar, the home she claimed as her own, where she became eka kpukpru owo--everybody's mother.
Author : Jeanette Hardage
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718842022
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Mary Slessor - Everybody's Mother written by Jeanette Hardage and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Mary Slessor, a petite redhead from the slums of Dundee who became one of the most influencing people in the land known to her compatriots as 'the white man's grave'. Despite her eccentricities, this woman truly understood and connected with the Africans among whom she lived, so much so that the British government appointed her their first woman magistrate anywhere in the world and later awarded her the highest honor then bestowed on a woman commoner. Examining both the eraand the influence of this extraordinary woman, the book reveals aspects of her public and private life that has previously been unanswered.
Author : William Knox
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748626557
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Lives of Scottish Women written by William Knox and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the remarkable stories of ten women whose inspirational lives and struggles exemplify the concerns and problems that other women have faced throughout the last two centuries. Each is the subject of a chapter devoted to her particular story and the times in which she lived. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries witnessed great changes in women's position in Scotland, and yet little is known about the achievements of the Scottish women who were the main agents of these changes. In presenting the life stories of ten women, William Knox provides evidence of the huge contribution made by women to the shaping of modern Scotland. At the same time he shows how the life histories of individuals can reveal previously dark corners of historical understanding and allow a more nuanced picture of Scottish society as a whole. Subjects include Jane Welsh Carlyle, brilliantly gifted, but married to the wayward and demanding Thomas, Sophia Jex-Blake, Scotland's first female doctor, and Mary Slessor,
Author : Philip Wilson
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0819229733
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Being Single in the Church Today written by Philip Wilson and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The model of the nuclear family unit, once the norm, is now only one of many different forms of family. Fifty percent of the population in the US right now is single. In this original and readable book, Philip Watson examines the phenomenon of singleness in contemporary society and its implications for ministry. Wilson traces the history of the church's attitudes towards marriage and sexuality, from the early Church Fathers through the Reformation. In a series of direct interviews he probes how single people today feel within their church communities. His findings reveal that the vast majority of those questioned feel they are something of an embarrassing anomaly in communities that continue to prize marriage. Finally, Wilson begins to develop a framework for a more nuanced approach to the subject of sexuality and relationships, and suggests ways in which the church, as primarily a community of love, can become the best forum in which single life can be discussed, articulated, assisted, and faithfully lived out.
Author : Ruth A. Tucker
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 0310830621
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (18 download)
Download or read book From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya written by Ruth A. Tucker and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is history at its best. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya is readable, informative, gripping, and above all honest. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya helps readers understand the life and role of a missionary through real life examples of missionaries throughout history. We see these men and women as fallible and human in their failures as well as their successes. These great leaders of missions are presented as real people, and not super-saints. This second edition covers all 2,000 years of mission history with a special emphasis on the modern era, including chapters focused on the Muslim world, Third World missions, and a comparison of missions in Korea and Japan. It also contains both a general and an “illustration” index where readers can easily locate particular missionaries, stories, or incidents. New design graphics, photographs, and maps help make this a compelling book. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya is as informative and intriguing as it is inspiring—an invaluable resource for missionaries, mission agencies, students, and all who are concerned about the spreading of the gospel throughout the world.
Author : Ruth A. Tucker
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493401580
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)
Download or read book Extraordinary Women of Christian History written by Ruth A. Tucker and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity has long been criticized as a patriarchal religion. But during its two-thousand-year history, the faith has been influenced and passed down by faithful women. Martyrs and nuns, mystics and scholars, writers and reformers, preachers and missionaries, abolitionists and evangelists, these women are examples to us of faith, perseverance, forgiveness, and fortitude. With gracious irreverence, Ruth Tucker offers engaging and candid profiles of some of the most fascinating women of Christian history. From the famous to the infamous to the obscure, women like Perpetua, Joan of Arc, Teresa of Avila, Anne Hutchinson, Susanna Wesley, Ann Judson, Harriet Tubman, Fanny Crosby, Hannah Whitehall Smith, Corrie ten Boom, and Mother Teresa, along with dozens of others, come to vivid life. Perfect for small groups, these portraits of women who changed the world in their own significant way will spark lively discussion and inspire today's Christians to lives of faithful witness.
Author : Betty Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Crombie Jardine Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1848398042
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)
Download or read book Concise Dictionary of Scottish Quotations written by Betty Kirkpatrick and published by Crombie Jardine Publishing. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise but comprehensive collection of famous Scottish quotes.
Author : Taylor
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004664661
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Mission to Educate written by Taylor and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of 150 years' educational pioneering in Eastern Nigeria re-appraises many of the stereotypes about mission schools in Africa. It suggests that Scottish Presbyterian educationalists were usually less at ease with British colonialism than with preparing for a politically independent Nigeria.
Author : Paul Borthwick
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830866051
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Western Christians in Global Mission written by Paul Borthwick and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-10-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missions specialist Paul Borthwick brings an urgent report on how the Western church can best continue in global mission. Providing current analysis of the state of the world and Majority World opinion, Borthwick offers concrete advice for Western churches who want to avoid the pitfalls of colonialism.
Author : Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887060694
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Women, Religion, and Social Change written by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1985-09-01 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De bijdragen in dit boek onderzoeken welke rol vrouwen van diverse religieuze achtergronden hebben gespeeld in revoluties en sociale veranderingen. Er wordt nagegaan hoe religies de deelname van vrouwen aan het sociale veranderingsproces stimuleren of belemmeren. Alle grote wereldgodsdiensten en hun verschillende lokale invullingen komen aan bod.
Author : Miriam Adeney
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781573832069
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book A Time for Risking written by Miriam Adeney and published by Regent College Publishing. This book was released on 1987-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cheryl McEwan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351753142
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)
Download or read book Gender, Geography and Empire written by Cheryl McEwan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published 2000: This text is intended to draw together two important developments in contemporary geography: firstly, the recognition of the need to write critical histories of geographical thought and, particularly, the relationship between modern geography and European imperialism; and secondly, the attempt by feminist geographers to countervail the absence of women in the histories. The author focuses on the narratives of British women travellers in West Africa between 1840 and 1915, exploring their contributions to British imperial culture, teh ways in which they wer empowered in the imperial context by virtue of both "race" and class, and their various representations of West African landscapes and peoples. The book argues for the inclusion of women and their experiences in histories of geographical thought and explores the possibilities and problems of combining feminist and post-colonial approaches to these histories.
Author : Shirley Ardener
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000323226
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Women and Missions: Past and Present written by Shirley Ardener and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays by eminent anthropologists, missiologists and historians explores the hitherto neglected topic of women missionaries and the effect of Christian missionary activity upon women. The book consists of two parts. The first part looks at 19th century women missionaries as presented in literature, at the backgrounds and experience of women in the mission field and at the attitudes of missionary societies towards their female workers. Although they are traditionally presented as wives and support workers, it becomes apparent that, on the contrary, women missionaries often played a culturally important role. The second and longest section asks whether women missionaries are indeed a special case, and provides some fascinating studies of the impact of Christian missions on women in both historical material and a wealth of contemporary material.Of particular value is the perspective of those who were themselves objects of missionary activity and who reflected upon this experience. Women actively absorbed and adapted the teachings of the Christian missionaries, and Western models are seen to be utilized and developed in sometimes unexpected ways.
Author : Elizabeth Isichei
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802808433
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)
Download or read book A History of Christianity in Africa written by Elizabeth Isichei and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isichei's thorough study surveys the full breadth of Christianity in Africa, from the early story of Egyptian Christianity to the churches of the Middle Years (1500-1800) to the prolific success of missions throughout the 1900s. This important book fills a conspicuous void of scholarly works on Africa's Christian history. Includes 26 maps.
Author : Adrian Hastings
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198263996
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (982 download)
Download or read book The Church in Africa, 1450-1950 written by Adrian Hastings and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Hastings also compares the relation of Christian history to the comparable development of Islam in Africa.
Author : Catherine MacKenzie
Publisher : CF4kids
ISBN 13 : 9781857923483
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (234 download)
Download or read book Mary Slessor written by Catherine MacKenzie and published by CF4kids. This book was released on 2001 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary had a hard life. She grew up in the slums of Dundee in the 1800s. However, this prepared her for the the life she would lead as a missionary in Africa.
