TY - BOOK AU - Prichard,Andreana C. TI - Sisters in spirit: Christianity, affect, and community building in East Africa, 1860-1970 T2 - African history and culture SN - 9781611862409 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BV3530 PRI 2017 PY - 2017///] CY - East Lansing PB - Michigan State University Press KW - Universities' Mission to Central Africa KW - History KW - Anglican Communion KW - Missions KW - Africa, East KW - Christian women KW - Social conditions KW - Religious life N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-330) and index; Introduction. Affecting missions -- Tractarian beginnings : theology and society in nineteenth-century Britain and East Africa -- From slaves to Christian mothers : developing a doctrine of female evangelism, 1863-1877 -- "Industrials" and "schoolgirls" : bonds of personal dependency and the Mbweni Girls' School, 1877-1890 -- Networks of affective spirituality : evangelism and expansion, 1890-1930 -- Of marriages and mimbas : minding the borders of the Christian community, 1910-1930 -- "I am a spiritual mother" : affect, celibacy, and social reproduction, 1920-1970 -- The intimacies of national belonging : community building in post-independence Tanzania, 1960-1970 ER -