A History of the Mothers' Union: Women, Anglicanism and Globalisation, 1876-2008

by Cordelia Moyse

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843835134
• ISBN13: 9781843835134
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"