Chinese women and Christianity, 1860-1927 / Kwok Pui-lan.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-220).

Women, Christian Mission, and the Chinese Context -- Women's Popular Religious Practices -- Barriers to Mission Work among Women -- Woman's Work of the Missions -- Chinese Women and Women Missionaries -- The Feminization of Christian Symbolism -- The Chinese Term for God -- God the Father -- Jesus and the Salvation Story -- Jesus and Women -- Eve and Mary -- Women's Religious Participation and Leadership -- Women Joining the Church -- The Segregation of the Sexes and Church Life -- Women's Religious Activities -- Female Religious Leadership -- The Struggle for Recognition in the Church -- Christian Women and Social Reform -- From Conversion to Social Reform -- Social Reform in Action -- The Anti-Footbinding Movement -- Western Medicine and Health Campaigns -- The Woman's Christian Temperance Movement -- The Young Women's Christian Association -- The Reform Impulse and Chinese Politics -- Women's Consciousness and Faith -- Women's Identity and Consciousness -- Women's Issues and Problems -- Women and Social Change -- Women's Faith and Religious Quest -- Women and the Church.