A History of the Mothers' Union

Women, Anglicanism and Globalisation, 1876-2008
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84383-513-4
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 20, 316 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

Reihe: Studies in Modern British Religious History

One of the most significant works on Anglican and Women's history to be published in recent years. Includes a foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

This book tells the story of how a parish women's meeting started in 1876 by a Victorian vicar's wife is now the most authentic and powerful organization of women in the new global Christianity. Its cross-disciplinary approach examines how religious faith and shifting ideologies of womanhood and motherhood in the imperial and post colonial worlds acted as a source of empowerment for conservative women in their homes, communities and churches. In contrast to much of feminist history, A History of the Mothers' Union 1876-2008: Women, Anglicanism and Globalisation shows how the beliefs of ordinary women led them to become advocates and activists long before women had the vote or could be ordained priests.

Having survived an identity crisis over social and theological liberalism in the 1960s, the Mothers' Union provides a model of unity and reconciled diversity for a divided world wide church. Today it is hailed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and international development practitioners as an outstanding example of global Christian engagement with poverty and social transformation issues at the grass roots.

Thematerial is arranged both thematically and chronologically. Case studies of Australia, Ghana and South Africa trace how the Mothers' Union arrived with white British women but evolved into indigenous organizations.

CORDELIA MOYSE is Adjunct Professor of Church History at Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA, USA.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moyse, Cordelia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Organisation & Institutionen von Kirchen und Gemeinden
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Anglikanische und episkopale Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Jane Williams
Part I, 1876-1909
Launching the Mothers' Union
Identity and Spirituality
Marriage and Family Life
Membership and Worldwide Work
Part II, 1910-1944
Identity and Spirituality
Marriage and Family Life
Membership and Worldwide Work
Part III, 1945-1974
Identity and Spirituality
Marriage and Family Life
Membership and Worldwide Work
Part IV, 1975-2008
Mission and Spirituality in a Global Age
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography