Sisters in Spirit: Christianity, Affect, and Community Building in East Africa, 1860-1970

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In this pioneering study, historian Andreana Prichard presents an intimate history of a single mission organization, the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA), told through the rich personal stories of a group of female African lay evangelists. Prichard illustrates how the mission's unique theology and the demographics of its adherents produced cohorts of African Christian women who ultimately forged a united spiritual community that spanned discontiguous mission stations across Tanzania and Zanzibar, incorporated diverse ethnolinguistic communities, and transcended generations. Focusing on the emotional and personal dimensions of these "sisters in spirit" and on the relationships of affective spirituality that grew up among them, Prichard tells stories that are vital to our understanding of Tanzanian history, the history of religion and Christian missions in Africa, the development of cultural nationalisms, and the intellectual histories of African women.

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