Christian Imperial Feminism [electronic resource] : White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire.
2024
BV4527 .K4459 2023
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Christian Imperial Feminism [electronic resource] : White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire.
Author
Kenny, Gale L.
ISBN
1479825557
9781479825554 (electronic bk.)
9781479825554 (electronic bk.)
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New York : New York University Press, 2024.
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English
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1 online resource (289 p.).
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BV4527 .K4459 2023
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248.8/430973
Summary
Illuminates how white American Protestant women embraced a racially specific version of socialinclusiveness that centered themselves as the normAmidst the global instability of the early twentieth century, white Christian American women embracedthe idea of an "empire of Christ" that was racially diverse, but which they believed they were uniquelyqualified to manage. America's burgeoning power, combined with women's rising roles within thechurch, led to white Protestant women adopting a feminism rooted in religion and imperialism.Gale L. Kenny examines this Christian imperial feminism from the women's missionary movement tocreate a Christian world order. She shows that this Christian imperial feminism marked a break from anearlier Protestant world view that focused on moral and racial purity and in which interactions amongraces were inconceivable. This new approach actually prioritized issues like civil rights and racialintegration, as well as the uplift of women, though the racially diverse world Christianity it aspired towas still to be rigidly hierarchically ordered, with white women retaining a privileged place as guardians.In exposing these dynamics, this book departs from recent scholarship on white evangelical nationalismto focus on the racial politics of white religious liberalism. Christian Imperial Feminism adds a necessarylayer to our understanding of religion, gender, and empire.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction: Consecrating Empire
1. Christian Imperial Feminism and Mission Study
2. Performing Christian Imperial Feminism in Missionary Pageants
3. Learning to Cooperate by Cooperating
4. Christian Americanization and the Tri-Faith Movement
5. The Spiritual Feelings and Religious Politics of Interracial Cooperation
6. Christian Citizens, World Citizens
Conclusion: Christianity and Women's Rights
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction: Consecrating Empire
1. Christian Imperial Feminism and Mission Study
2. Performing Christian Imperial Feminism in Missionary Pageants
3. Learning to Cooperate by Cooperating
4. Christian Americanization and the Tri-Faith Movement
5. The Spiritual Feelings and Religious Politics of Interracial Cooperation
6. Christian Citizens, World Citizens
Conclusion: Christianity and Women's Rights
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author