The Meeting of Two Worlds in One Office

1880–1921

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ID20056851
AuthorsJames Elisha Taneti (corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages53-83
Publication date2013-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueCaste, Gender, and Christianity in Colonial India (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137382283_3
OpenAlexW2480009653
ISBN9781137382283
LanguageEN
References cited12

Telugu women, who were already active in the religious affairs of their communities, carried over their traditional cultic leadership roles into the new religion. The office of Biblewoman, which Protestant missionaries imported from Britain, offered them opportunities for their service and authority. A series of Dalit conversions to Christianity, the feminization of the Protestant missions, and changes in cultural landscape of Telugu society in the fourth quarter of the nineteenth century together shaped how the profession evolved in the Northern Circars. In this chapter, I will analyze the process of appropriation of the office in the region, especially in regard to its practices and features.KeywordsSingle WomanNative WomanMission SchoolBiblical StoryBible ReaderThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

Appropriation · Archaeology · Christianity · Economics · Economy · Feminization (sociology) · Political science · Protestantism · Quarter (Canadian coin) · Service (business) · Social science · Sociology · Telugu · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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