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This book tells the story of how a parish women's meeting started in 1876 by a Victorian vicar's wife is now the most authentic and powerful organization of women in the new global Christianity. Its cross-disciplinary approach examines how religious faith and shifting ideologies of womanhood and motherhood in the imperial and post colonial worlds acted as a source of empowerment for conservative women in their homes, communities and churches. In contrast to much of feminist history, A History of the Mothers' Union 1876-2008: Women, Anglicanism and Globalisation shows how the beliefs of ordinary women led them to become advocates and activists long before women had the vote or could be ordained priests.

Having survived an identity crisis over social and theological liberalism in the 1960s, the Mothers' Union provides a model of unity and reconciled diversity for a divided world wide church. Today it is hailed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and international development practitioners as an outstanding example of global Christian engagement with poverty and social transformation issues at the grass roots.

The material is arranged both thematically and chronologically. Case studies of Australia, Ghana and South Africa trace how the Mothers' Union arrived with white British women but evolved into indigenous organizations.

CORDELIA MOYSE is Adjunct Professor of Church History at Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA, USA.

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Basic Christian communities --- Church --- 253*5 --- 253*5 Basisgemeenschappen --- Basisgemeenschappen --- Marks of the church --- Notes of the church --- Base Christian communities --- Base communities, Christian --- Christian base communities --- Church basic communities --- Comunidades de base --- Comunidades eclesiais de base --- Comunidades eclesiales de base --- Grass roots ecclesial communities --- Christian communities --- Marks --- Notes --- Catholic Church --- Ecclesiology

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";An extensive and powerful literature on religion, society, and politics in Latin America in recent years has begun with the assumption that most of the movements that surged in the struggle against military rule are dead, that most of the activists are scattered and burned out, and that the promise of civil society as a source of new values and a new kind of citizenship and political life was illusory. Many have assumed that the religiously inspired activism of that period left little lasting impact, but hardly anyone has actually looked at the activists themselves to see what remains, how they cope in a different, more open environment, and how they see and act on the present and future. Activist Faith addresses these issues with a wealth of empirical detail from two key cases and with a richly interdisciplinary argument that draws on theorizing about social movements. The authors strive to understand what sustains activism and movements in radically different circumstances from those in which they arose. Their analysis is enriched by systematic attention to the impact of gender and gender-related issues on activism and movements. In the process, they shed much needed light on the fate of the activists and social movements that rose to prominence throughout Latin America during the 1980s.This beautifully written book is a major achievement that gives us analytical tools for studying how movements and activists survive in the doldrums and when a cycle of protest peaks and societies move on.";—Daniel H. Levine, University of Michigan

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253*5 --- Basic Christian communities --- -Basic Christian communities --- -Christian communities --- -Christian communes --- Communes, Christian --- Communities, Christian --- Religious communities --- Base Christian communities --- Base communities, Christian --- Christian base communities --- Church basic communities --- Comunidades de base --- Comunidades eclesiais de base --- Comunidades eclesiales de base --- Grass roots ecclesial communities --- Christian communities --- 253*5 Basisgemeenschappen --- Basisgemeenschappen --- Congresses --- Catholic Church --- -Congresses --- Conferences - Meetings --- -253*5 Basisgemeenschappen --- Christian communes --- Catholic Church&delete& --- Christian communities - Catholic Church - Congresses --- Basic Christian communities - Latin America - Congresses --- Basic Christian communities - Congresses

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Land reform --- Church and social problems --- Basic Christian communities --- Business & Economics --- Real Estate, Housing & Land Use --- Christianity and social problems --- Social problems and Christianity --- Social problems and the church --- Social problems --- Agrarian reform --- Economic policy --- Land use, Rural --- Social policy --- Agriculture and state --- Base Christian communities --- Base communities, Christian --- Christian base communities --- Church basic communities --- Comunidades de base --- Comunidades eclesiais de base --- Comunidades eclesiales de base --- Grass roots ecclesial communities --- Christian communities --- Catholic Church