S2 31: Learning From Our Eastern Sisters With Glenn Sunshine - Part Two
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Be inspired by the story of Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922), a Christian from India who transformed lives by meeting the needs around her. Pandita was a scholar who ministered to thousands by forming schools and the Mukti Mission. Historian Glenn Sunshine returns to tell us about another Eastern woman who impacted history.
We chatted with Glenn at Wilberforce Weekend. Access to Wilberforce Weekend Online is out now at wilberforceweekend.org.
Glenn Sunshine Show Notes - Part Two
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where each week we explore a deeper understanding of the |
| 0:06.6 | humanity, value, intellect, and creativity of women. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm Erin Kunkel. |
| 0:11.8 | And I'm Sarah Stone Street. |
| 0:13.3 | We're so glad you're here. |
| 0:18.6 | Well, welcome back to the Strong Women Podcast. |
| 0:20.7 | We are on part two with Glenn Sunshine, who is joining us to talk about women in history, particularly women in church history from the East. We are focusing on the East. So, Glenn, you start us off, introduce the next woman in history that we should all know. |
| 0:40.5 | This is an Indian woman by the name of Pandita Ramabai. |
| 0:44.3 | Actually, her name is Ramabai. |
| 0:45.8 | Pandita is a title. |
| 0:47.6 | And I'll explain that as we go along. |
| 0:50.1 | In India, in the 19th century and actually earlier, a lot of people were illiterate. Even elites were |
| 0:57.2 | illiterate. And among the Brahman caste, the highest caste in India, there were some Brahmins who made |
| 1:03.9 | their living traveling around reading the Hindu scriptures because it was believed that if you simply, if you were illiterate, |
| 1:15.0 | if you simply listened to the scripture, it would earn you merit, good karma call it, |
| 1:21.3 | which would help you in your reincarnation. |
| 1:25.8 | So there was a Brahman, a relatively poor Brahman by the name of Anant Chastri, who |
| 1:32.8 | made his living this way. He traveled around reading and reciting the |
| 1:37.9 | Puranas, the Hindu scriptures, within the area that he lived. He was |
| 1:43.9 | rather progressive for a Brahman in the period. He actually |
| 1:49.1 | believed in educating his daughters. And so, Pandi, Ramabai was his daughter and she grew up learning |
| 1:59.6 | Sanskrit, learning the piranhas, reciting them, those kinds of things. |
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