Gender, race, power and religion [Elektronische Ressource] : women in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in post-apartheid society / vorgelegt von Uta Theilen (geb. Möllhoff)

Gender, Race, Power and Religion: Women in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in Post-apartheid Society Inauguraldissertation zur Erlangung des Grades eines Doktors der Philosophie dem Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften und Philosophie der Philipps-Universität Marburg vorgelegt von Uta Theilen (geb. Möllhoff) aus: Trier Eingereicht: 2003 Vom Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften und Philosophie als Dissertation angenommen am 25.09.2003 Tag der Disputation: 25.09.2003 Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Michael Pye / HD Dr. Peter J. Bräunlein Acknowledgements I should like to thank all the South African men and women who shared their stories with me and made me feel welcome in their homes, homesteads and churches ... ... the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town, foremost the professors Dr. David Chidester, Dr. John de Gruchy and Dr. Chirevo Kwenda for helping me with their expertise ... ... Prof. Dr. Theo Sundermeier (Faculty of Theology, University of Heidelberg) who helped me with his profound knowledge of South Africa and who made sure that I followed up on this project once I had returned to Germany – in spite of many obstacles ... ... the University of Heidelberg, the German Academic Exchange Program and the PSP Publishing Foundation (Basel, Switzerland) for funding parts of the fieldwork and research ... ... Daniela Guggenheim, Elizabeth Hagen, Rose & Ulrich Harrison, Gail Miller, Prof. Dr.