Rosemary Seton. Western Daughters in Eastern Lands: British Missionary Women in Asia. Oxford: Praeger, 2013. Pp. 221. $48.00 (cloth).

2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 556-558
Author(s):  
Rhonda Semple
Keyword(s):  
Missionary Women

scholarly journals THE MISSIONARY WOMEN IN THE INLAND OF AUSTRALIA AND THE AUSTRALIAN INLAND MISSION AS REPRESENTED IN BETH BECKETT’S LIFE MEMOIR

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Evi Eliyanah
Keyword(s):  
Presbyterian Church ◽  
The One ◽  
Missionary Women

This article looks at the gender dimension of religious missions administered by the Presbyterian Church in the inland Australia as represented in Beth Beckett’s life memoir written in 1947-1955. It is aimed at obtaining general ideas on the involvement of women, as the wives of missionaries, Focusing on the experience of Beth Beckett, it argues that her position as a wife of a missionary is problematic: on the one hand she did transgress the traditional idea of staying home wife by choosing to travel along with her husband, but at the same time, she was still bound by the domestic side of the job.

A Parting of the Ways

2019 ◽  
pp. 115-134
Author(s):  
Kathryn T. Long
Keyword(s):  
Primary Task ◽  
Bible Translation ◽  
Gospel Message ◽  
Missionary Women ◽  
Parting Of The Ways

This chapter explores the different perspectives held by Rachel Saint and Elisabeth Elliot on what it meant to be a missionary among the Waorani, differences that in 1961 led Elliot and her daughter to leave the mission. The distinct perspectives were evident in the books associated with each woman: The Dayuma Story, written by Ethel Emily Wallis in collaboration with Saint and Dayomæ, and The Savage My Kinsman, by Elliot, with help from photographer Cornell Capa. Saint viewed the Waorani in traditional evangelical terms as a people lost in spiritual darkness and needing redemption. Elliot raised questions about how such an isolated group could understand the gospel message. The two missionary women were unable to collaborate on their primary task of Bible translation, leading to Elliot’s departure. Shortly thereafter, nine Waorani, including four of the five surviving Palm Beach killers, were baptized.

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