A contest of faiths :

Yohn, Susan M. 1958-

A contest of faiths : missionary women and pluralism in the American Southwest / Susan M. Yohn. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995. - xi, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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.

0801429641 (alk. paper) 9780801429644 (alk. paper) 0801482739 (paperback :alk. paper) 9780801482731 (paperback :alk. paper)

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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

266.51 / Y54c