Okkenhaug, Inger Marie (2007) Women On A Mission! Scandinavian Welfare And The Armenians In The Ottoman Empire, 1905–1917. In: Interpreting Welfare and Relief in the Middle East. Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia (103). Brill Academic Publishers, pp. 57-81. ISBN 9789047423737
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In the Ottoman Empire, the Armenian population had a special place in various Western missionary enterprises. From the massacres in the 1890s till the interwar period, Western missionaries—together with secular organisations like the Red Cross and the Near East Relief, were an important part of the forces that were rebuilding and attempting to preserve what was left of Armenian society. Missionaries with vital connections to Western state authorities could operate relatively safely and independently, unlike men and women from local communities who often depended on money, supplies and infrastructure from the outside in order to help the destitute. Thus the missionary can be seen as a forerunner for the present-day development/aid worker. This essay will look at the missionary’s role in times of emergency and her contribution to Armenian society in the period from the late 1890s to the end of the First World War. The study will be based on a Norwegian nurse and deaconess, Bodil Biørn (1871–1960), one of several Scandinavian missionaries from the Lutheran Female Mission Workers’ organization (Kvinnelige Misjons Arbeidere, KMA) based in Eastern Anatolia. These Norwegian, Danish and Swedish missionaries worked for the German mission Deutscher Hülfsbund für Christliches Liebswerk im Orient.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | A Church/mission history B Mission theology/theory > Mission and Social responsibility C Types of Christian Ministry > Missionaries G Christian traditions/Denominations > Lutheran |
| Divisions: | Former Soviet Union > Armenia |
| Depositing User: | Katharina Penner |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2024 06:37 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2024 06:37 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/3048 |
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