Gender And Conversion Narratives In The Nineteenth Century: German Mission At Home And Abroad

Addressing an important social and political issue which is still much debated today, this volume explores the connections between religious conversions and gendered identity against the backdrop of a world undergoing significant social transformations. Adopting a collaborative approach to their research, the authors explore the connections and differences in conversion experiences, tracing the local and regional rootedness of individual conversions as reflected in conversion narratives in three different locations: Germany and German missions in South Africa and colonial Australia, at a time of massive social changes in the 1860s.

• • Author: Professor Jacqueline Van Gent, Professor Kirsten R?her, Prof Dr Angelika Schaser
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Oct 09, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 212 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1472449231
• • ISBN-13: 9781472449238