{"product_id":"encounters-in-quest-of-christian-womanhood-the-basel-mission-in-pre-and-early-colonial-ghana-9789004188884","title":"Encounters in Quest of Christian Womanhood: The Basel Mission in Pre- And Early Colonial Ghana","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ulrike Sill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Brill\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christian Ministry - Missions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristianity has come to be a religion embraced especially by women and not least in Africa. This book provides one of the as yet rare case studies for the early stages of this development: how African women on the pre- and early colonial Gold Coast (Ghana) encountered Basel Mission Christianity, 1843-1885. Popular interpretations have tended to describe Christianity as either 'empowering' or 'domesticating' African women. Looking at variegated push-and-pull factors and in its focus on the agency of Ghanaian women this detailed analysis moves beyond. It situates the quest for Christian womanhood as part of trans-national discourses and exchanges, as well as local interactions, and writes a social history that is at once transnational and transcultural.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47891440337047,"sku":"9789004188884","price":24661.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789004188884.webp?v=1781183711","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/encounters-in-quest-of-christian-womanhood-the-basel-mission-in-pre-and-early-colonial-ghana-9789004188884","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}