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"Ännu en syster till Afrika" : Trettiosex kvinnliga missionärer i Natal och Zululand 1876–1902
In Natal and Zululand Swedish missions had precedence through the Church of Sweden Mission from 1876 on, the Swedish Holiness Mission from 1889 on, and the Scandinavian Independent Baptist Union from 1892 on. Between 1876 and 1902, thirty-six women were active in these South African missions. The history of all these women are explored on an individual basis in this, for the most part, empirical study. The primary goal of this dissertation is to find out who these women missionaries were, what they worked at, what positions they held toward the colonial/political situation in which they worked, and what positions they held in their respective missions. What meaning the women’s mission work had for the Zulu community in general, and for Zulu women in particular are dealt with, though the source material on it is limited. Nevertheless, through the source material from the Swedish female missionaries, Zulu women are given attention. The theoretical starting points come, above all, from historical research on women and gender and from historical mission research about missions as a part of the colonial period. Both married and unmarried women are defined as missionaries since both groups worked for the missions. In the Swedish Holiness Mission and in the Scandinavian Independent Baptist Union the first missionaries in Natal and Zululand were women. The Church of Sweden Mission was a Lutheran mission were women mostly worked in mission schools, homes for children and in a mission hospital. Women were subordinated in relationship to male missionaries. In the Swedish Holiness Mission and in the Scandinavian Independent Baptist Union women had more equal positions in their work. In these missions women could be responsible for mission stations, work as evangelists and preach the Gospel. The picture of the work of female missionaries has also been complicated and modified
För världens skull : En festskrift till ärkebiskop Antje Jackelén
I För världens skull – En festskrift till ärkebiskop Ante Jackelén reflekterar 20 forskare och författare över tro och teologi, gudstjänstglädje och pandemi, ledarskap och näthat, migration och religionsmöten. I dialog med Antje Jackeléns ärkebiskopsgärning utforskar de ämnen av avgörande betydelse för samhället och beskriver kyrkans uppdrag i en värld i behov av försoning. Boken inleds med en skildring av Antje Jackeléns år som ärkebiskop. Bidragen är därefter grupperade efter områden som präglat hennes arbete: Kyrkans offentlighet, Teologins offentlighet, Att reparera och bygga broar, När grundläggande värden sätts på prov och För Svenska kyrkan i tiden. Tillsammans tecknar bokens författare en bild av stora utmaningar, påtagliga möjligheter och ett trotsigt hopp. En angelägen bok för alla som är engagerade i tro, kyrka och samhälle