Sisters Crossing Boundaries : German Missionary Nuns in Colonial Togo and New Guinea, 1897–1960

Sisters Crossing Boundaries : German Missionary Nuns in Colonial Togo and New Guinea, 1897–1960

Katharina Stornig

Språken
FörlagVandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN9783647101293

The last third of the 19th century witnessed a considerable increase in the active participation of women in the various Christian missions. Katharina Stornig focusses onthe Catholic case, and particularly explores the activities and experiences of German missionary nuns, the so-called Servants of t