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A contest of faiths : missionary women and pluralism in the American Southwest / Susan M. Yohn.
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TextPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995.Description: xi, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0801429641 (alk. paper)
- 9780801429644 (alk. paper)
- 0801482739 (paperback :alk. paper)
- 9780801482731 (paperback :alk. paper)
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Board of Home Missions -- History
- Hispanic Americans -- Missions -- New Mexico
- Women missionaries -- New Mexico
- Presbyterian women -- New Mexico
- Cultural pluralism -- New Mexico
- Home missions -- New Mexico
- Presbyterian Church -- Missions -- New Mexico
- New Mexico -- Church history -- 19th century
- New Mexico -- Church history -- 20th century
- BV2788.H56 Y64 1995
Contents:
1. "A Woman's Club of National Interest": The Emergence of the Female Home Missionary -- 2. A Question of Loyalty and a Contest of Faiths: The Meeting between Anglo and Hispano Cultures -- 3. "Understanding the Way": Becoming a Missionary -- 4. "I Am Part of All I Have Met": Women Home Missionaries in Hispano New Mexico -- 5. At the Heart of the "Cause": Hispano Mission Students and the Meaning of Faith -- From Mission to Social Service: The Rise of a New Creed.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-258) and index.
1. "A Woman's Club of National Interest": The Emergence of the Female Home Missionary -- 2. A Question of Loyalty and a Contest of Faiths: The Meeting between Anglo and Hispano Cultures -- 3. "Understanding the Way": Becoming a Missionary -- 4. "I Am Part of All I Have Met": Women Home Missionaries in Hispano New Mexico -- 5. At the Heart of the "Cause": Hispano Mission Students and the Meaning of Faith -- From Mission to Social Service: The Rise of a New Creed.
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