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- Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 ATTWI Handbook
- ↑ Wati A. Longchar, "The Ecumenical Theological Education in Asia and the Pacific", Ministerial Formation; 101, July 2003, page 6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
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- ↑ ATTWI Handbook
- Further reading
- Gill, Kenneth (1990). Count Us Equal: The Ministry of Women in the Church of South India. Bangalore: Association of Theologically Trained Women in India. p. 216.
- Ralte, Lalrinawmi; Anderson Rajkumar, Evangeline (2002). Feminist Hermeneutics. New Delhi: ISPCK. p. 164. ISBN 9788172147105.
- Chatterjee, Sunil Kumar (2006). Hannah Marshman - The first woman missionary in India. Hooghly: S. K. Chatterjee. p. 106.
- Richard, Jessica (2012). "Association of Theologically Trained Women in India". In Hedlund, Roger E.; Athyal, Jesudas M.; Kalapati, Joshua; Richard, Jessica (eds.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198073857.
- Athyal, Jesudas M. (2012). "George, Annamma". In Hedlund, Roger E.; Athyal, Jesudas M.; Kalapati, Joshua; Richard, Jessica (eds.). Annamma, George. The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198073857.
- Richard, Jessica (2012). "Women's Studies". In Hedlund, Roger E.; Athyal, Jesudas M.; Kalapati, Joshua; Richard, Jessica (eds.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198073857.
