The church of women : gendered encounters between Maasai and missionaries /

Hodgson, Dorothy Louise,

The church of women : gendered encounters between Maasai and missionaries / Dorothy L. Hodgson. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005. - xvii, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-297) and index.

"Oh she who brings the rain" -- Men of the church -- Evangelizing "the Maasai" -- The church of women -- Being a man in the church of women -- Possessed by the Spirit -- Toward a Maasai Catholicism?

0253345685 (alk. paper) 0253217628 (paperback : alk. paper) 9780253217622 (paperback)

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Catholic Church--Missions--Tanzania.
Congregation of the Holy Ghost--Missions--Tanzania.


Women, Maasai--Religious life--Tanzania.
Maasai (African people)--Religion.--Tanzania

BV3625.T4 / H63 2005

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