Gender, social change and spiritual power : charismatic Christianity in Ghana /

Gender, social change and spiritual power : charismatic Christianity in Ghana /

Charismatic Christianity is the most recent and fastest growing expression of Pentecostal religion in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Ghana's capital, Accra, the charismatic churches dominate the religious scene. This book focuses on the gender discourses of Ghana's new churches, and considers char...

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Main Author: Soothill, Jane E.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Series: Studies of Religion in Africa 30.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223073.

Subjects:

Geschlechterrolle.
Pfingstbewegung.
Sozialer Wandel.
Pentecostal churches > Ghana > Accra > Sociological aspects.
Accra.
Ghana.
Accra (Ghana) > Church history.

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Call Number: BX8762.A45 G44 2007

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Religion And Gender In Africa
  • Chapter Two. Charismatic Christianity
  • Chapter Three. Gender Politics In Ghana
  • Chapter Four. Defining Womanhood
  • Chapter Five. Big Women, Small Girls
  • Chapter Six. Men, Marriage And Modernity
  • Chapter Seven. Christianity, Gender And Cultural Authenticity
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index.