Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1469-5154|51|4|1095-1116
ISSN： 0021-8758
Source： Journal of American Studies, Vol.51, Iss.4, 2017-10, pp. : 1095-1116
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Abstract
After World War II, American evangelicals realized that the European religious landscape had been seriously damaged, causing them to begin to include Europe in their mission programs. Their initiatives reversed the established direction of things, changing the pattern of who sent and who received missionary support. The religious aid flowing from the US fell almost entirely within the masculine framing of the American state, which had so recently exerted its influence in Europe in the military, economic, and cultural spheres. This essay explains how, as a result of practical experience and general social change, gender relations in American missions came to embrace greater inclusivity. European evangelicals, in turn, were both empowered by working with the American missionaries and impacted by the American debate over the separation of male and female roles in the mission field.
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