The Church of Women: Gendered Encounters between Maasai and Missionaries

Contents

vii Contents Preface • ix Note on Maasai Terms • xvii Introduction: Gender, Power, and the Missionary Encounter • 1 1. “Oh She Who Brings the Rain” • 19 2. Men of the Church • 68 3. Evangelizing “the Maasai” • 106 4. The Church of Women • 145 5. Being a Man in the Church of Women • 188 6. Possessed by the Spirit • 210 7. Toward a Maasai Catholicism? • 230 Conclusion • 256 Notes • 261 Bibliography • 281 Index • 299 ...