British Women Missionaries in Nineteenth‐Century China

1992 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delia Davin
2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-311
Author(s):  
Angelyn Dries

Since at least the 1990 encyclical Redemptoris Missio, Roman Catholic teaching has endorsed a multi-faceted mission platform, thus giving official recognition to the work of Catholic women missionaries, who were formerly referred to as “auxiliaries.” A look at women's experiences in two recent mission gatherings and examples from mission economics, companioning, and martyrdom illustrate both the contribution Catholic women made to a holistic approach to mission and the lingering nineteenth century themes of domesticity and “woman's work for women” as reshaped by U.S. Catholic women missionaries today.


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