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31	Discerning a spirituality for transformative mission: in dialogue with the Comboni Missionary Sisters Lepori, Laura 01 1900 (has links) This research seeks to acquire a deep understanding of how spirituality and mission correlate and shape each other. An initial review of missiological texts has revealed that spirituality is not often (nor explicitly) taken into consideration by missiologists. Likewise, mission generally does not occupy a central place within the academic discipline of spirituality. I contend that spirituality is the motor of mission and missiology and therefore cannot be only briefly mentioned or omitted from missiological discourse. This thesis explores this relationship with a specific focus on the Comboni Missionary Sisters. It explores the mission spirituality of their founder, Daniel Comboni, how this is taken up by the Comboni Missionary Sisters and how it shapes their lives and their being in mission. The research also aims to foster some transformations. It explores new ways for the Sisters to express their ways of being in mission in the context(s) in which they live, in order to be faithful to Comboni’s charism as well as to be a relevant presence today. The thesis proposes that mission spirituality be studied and lived by making use a Mission spirituality spiral. Its six dimensions are: spirituality, at the centre and all along the spiral; encounter with other(s) and with the context; context analysis; theological reflection (encounter with Scripture and Tradition); discernment for transformative ways of being in mission and reflexivity. A qualitative analysis is presented from interviews conducted with fifteen Comboni Missionary Sisters working in various continents. Genuine encounter with the Triune God, with the other(s), with the context and its analysis, and encounter with Scripture and Tradition lead to transformation in the person and subsequently to finding new ways of being in mission. The mission spirituality spiral is used as an analytical tool to study the mission spirituality of Comboni and the Comboni Missionary Sisters and also as a mobilising tool. Suggestions for further areas of research are made. The thesis concludes with some personal learning and transformation. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th. (Missiology) Mission Spirituality Encounter Context analysis Discernment Reflexivity MIssion spirituality Ministeriality Daniel Comboni Comboni Missionary Sisters 248.482 Comboni Missionary Sisters Comboni Missionary Sisters -- Missions Women missionaries Spiritual life -- Catholic Church Spirituality -- Catholic Church Discipling (Christianity) Comboni, Daniele, Saint, 1831-1881
32	We Are Ginling: Chinese and Western Women Transform a Women’s Mission College into an International Community, 1915-1987 Liu, Yuan 01 June 2020 (has links) No description available. American History Asian Studies Education History International Relations Womens Studies World History Ginling College Christian colleges and universities missions women missionaries collegiate women women colleges Nanjing Massacre Republican China Restore Educational Rights Movement World War II Wu Yifang Minnie Vautrin
33	"Ännu en syster till Afrika" : Trettiosex kvinnliga missionärer i Natal och Zululand 1876–1902 Sarja, Karin January 2002 (has links) In Natal and Zululand Swedish missions had precedence through the Church of Sweden Mission from 1876 on, the Swedish Holiness Mission from 1889 on, and the Scandinavian Independent Baptist Union from 1892 on. Between 1876 and 1902, thirty-six women were active in these South African missions. The history of all these women are explored on an individual basis in this, for the most part, empirical study. The primary goal of this dissertation is to find out who these women missionaries were, what they worked at, what positions they held toward the colonial/political situation in which they worked, and what positions they held in their respective missions. What meaning the women’s mission work had for the Zulu community in general, and for Zulu women in particular are dealt with, though the source material on it is limited. Nevertheless, through the source material from the Swedish female missionaries, Zulu women are given attention. The theoretical starting points come, above all, from historical research on women and gender and from historical mission research about missions as a part of the colonial period. Both married and unmarried women are defined as missionaries since both groups worked for the missions. In the Swedish Holiness Mission and in the Scandinavian Independent Baptist Union the first missionaries in Natal and Zululand were women. The Church of Sweden Mission was a Lutheran mission were women mostly worked in mission schools, homes for children and in a mission hospital. Women were subordinated in relationship to male missionaries. In the Swedish Holiness Mission and in the Scandinavian Independent Baptist Union women had more equal positions in their work. In these missions women could be responsible for mission stations, work as evangelists and preach the Gospel. The picture of the work of female missionaries has also been complicated and modified. Religion Women Missionaries Missionaries Swedish Natal Zululand Church of Sweden Mission Swedish Holiness Mission Scandinavian Independent Baptist Union Missions–Africa Southern Missions–history Missions–Educational work Missions–Medical work Zulus (African people) Zulu women Church history–Sweden–1876–1902 Hedvig Posse Religionsvetenskap/Teologi Religion/Theology Religionsvetenskap/Teologi
34	Reaching the unreached Sudan Belt : Guinness, Kumm and the Sudan-Pioneer-Mission Sauer, Christof, 1963- 11 1900 (has links) This missiological project seeks to study the role of the Guinnesses and Kumms in reaching the Sudan Belt, particularly through the Sudan-Pionier-Mission (SPM) founded in 1900. The term Sudan Belt referred to Africa between Senegal and Ethiopia, at that period one of the largest areas unreached by Christian missionaries. Grattan Guinness (1835-1910) at that time was the most influential promoter of faith missions for the Sudan. The only initiative based in Germany was the SPM, founded by Guinness, his daughter Lucy (1865-1906), and her German husband Karl Kumm (1874-1930). Kumm has undeservedly been forgotten, and his early biography as a missionary and explorer in the deserts of Egypt is here brought to light again. The early SPM had to struggle against opposition in Germany. Faith missions were considered unnecessary, and missions to Muslims untimely by influential representatives of classical missions. The SPM was seeking to reach the Sudan Belt via the Nile from Aswan. The most promising figure for this venture was the Nubian Samuel Ali Hiseen (1863-1927), who accomplished a scripture colportage tour through Nubia. Unfortunately, he was disregarded by the first German missionary, Johannes Kupfemagel (1866-1937). When the SPM failed to reach the Sudan Belt due to political restrictions, Kumm and the SPM board were divided in their strategies. Kumm planned to pursue a new route via the Niger River, seeking support in Great Britain rather independently. The SPM, holding on to Aswan, dismissed Kumm, and began to decline until it made a new start in 1905, but for a long time remained a local mission work in Upper Egypt. The Sudan United Mission however, founded by the Kumms in 1904, did indeed reach the Sudan Belt. An analysis of the SPM reveals its strengths and weaknesses. The SPM grew out of the Holiness movement and shared the urgency, which made faith missions successful, but also was the SPM's weakness, as it suffered from ill-preparedness. The SPM innovatively gathered together single women from the nobility in a community of service for missions under its chairman, Pastor Theodor Ziemendorff (1837-:1912). / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D.Th. (Missiology) Missiology Mission history--Protestant Interdenominational faith missions Sudan-Pionier-Mission Sudan-United-Mission Africa Sudan Belt Egypt Aswan Nubia Germany Hessen-Nassau Wiesbaden Osterode am Harz Great Britain United States of America Missionary biography Henry Grattan Guinness Lucy E. Guinness H. Karl W. Kumm Theodor Ziemendorff Samuel Ali Hiseen Gustav Warneck Missionary objectives Female missionaries Indigenous missionary workers Missionary methods Missionary cooperation Missionary conflicts Mission among muslims Missions -- Theory Women missionaries -- Sudan (Region) Missions -- Sudan (Region)
35	Reaching the unreached Sudan Belt : Guinness, Kumm and the Sudan-Pioneer-Mission Sauer, Christof, 1963- 11 1900 (has links) This missiological project seeks to study the role of the Guinnesses and Kumms in reaching the Sudan Belt, particularly through the Sudan-Pionier-Mission (SPM) founded in 1900. The term Sudan Belt referred to Africa between Senegal and Ethiopia, at that period one of the largest areas unreached by Christian missionaries. Grattan Guinness (1835-1910) at that time was the most influential promoter of faith missions for the Sudan. The only initiative based in Germany was the SPM, founded by Guinness, his daughter Lucy (1865-1906), and her German husband Karl Kumm (1874-1930). Kumm has undeservedly been forgotten, and his early biography as a missionary and explorer in the deserts of Egypt is here brought to light again. The early SPM had to struggle against opposition in Germany. Faith missions were considered unnecessary, and missions to Muslims untimely by influential representatives of classical missions. The SPM was seeking to reach the Sudan Belt via the Nile from Aswan. The most promising figure for this venture was the Nubian Samuel Ali Hiseen (1863-1927), who accomplished a scripture colportage tour through Nubia. Unfortunately, he was disregarded by the first German missionary, Johannes Kupfemagel (1866-1937). When the SPM failed to reach the Sudan Belt due to political restrictions, Kumm and the SPM board were divided in their strategies. Kumm planned to pursue a new route via the Niger River, seeking support in Great Britain rather independently. The SPM, holding on to Aswan, dismissed Kumm, and began to decline until it made a new start in 1905, but for a long time remained a local mission work in Upper Egypt. The Sudan United Mission however, founded by the Kumms in 1904, did indeed reach the Sudan Belt. An analysis of the SPM reveals its strengths and weaknesses. The SPM grew out of the Holiness movement and shared the urgency, which made faith missions successful, but also was the SPM's weakness, as it suffered from ill-preparedness. The SPM innovatively gathered together single women from the nobility in a community of service for missions under its chairman, Pastor Theodor Ziemendorff (1837-:1912). / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D.Th. (Missiology) Missiology Mission history--Protestant Interdenominational faith missions Sudan-Pionier-Mission Sudan-United-Mission Africa Sudan Belt Egypt Aswan Nubia Germany Hessen-Nassau Wiesbaden Osterode am Harz Great Britain United States of America Missionary biography Henry Grattan Guinness Lucy E. Guinness H. Karl W. Kumm Theodor Ziemendorff Samuel Ali Hiseen Gustav Warneck Missionary objectives Female missionaries Indigenous missionary workers Missionary methods Missionary cooperation Missionary conflicts Mission among muslims Missions -- Theory Women missionaries -- Sudan (Region) Missions -- Sudan (Region)

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