Called to mission : Mennonite women missionaries in Central Africa in the second half of the twentieth century
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2009
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This thesis is an investigation of the "sense of call" as a potential support factor for Mennonite women missionaries from North America based in Central Africa during the latter half of the twentieth century. The investigation is conducted in two main parts. In the first we investigate the theological-historical distinctives of the Anabaptist/Mennonite tradition; in the second part, through a case study, we examine how a select number of women missionaries interpreted their call in relation to their heritage, how their sense of call functioned as a support factor or otherwise, and whether this was determined in any significant way by the Anabaptist/Mennonite tradition. Central to the study is a pastoral concern for women missionaries as women whose missionary role has placed special burdens on them in situations of cultural dislocation.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-198).
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Scarborough, M. 2009. Called to mission : Mennonite women missionaries in Central Africa in the second half of the twentieth century. University of Cape Town.