Gender, Social Change and Spiritual Power : Charismatic Christianity in Ghana.
Title:
Gender, Social Change and Spiritual Power : Charismatic Christianity in Ghana.
Author:
Soothill, Jane E.
ISBN:
9789047419396
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (276 pages)
Series:
Studies of Religion in Africa ; v.No. 30
Studies of Religion in Africa
Contents:
Preface -- Abbreviations -- 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.
Abstract:
Against a backdrop of debate concerning the role of Pentecostalism as a mediator of 'modernity', this book examines the interaction between charismatic Christianity, spiritual power and gendered social change in contemporary Ghana.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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