Description |
1 online resource (x, 261 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Studies of religion in Africa,
0169-9814 ;
30
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Studies on religion in Africa ; 30.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248) and index. |
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. |
Summary |
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. This work sheds light on the socio-cultural role of Ghana's churches. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Pentecostal churches -- Ghana -- Accra -- Sociological aspects.
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Pentecostal churches. |
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Ghana -- Accra. |
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Pentecostal women -- Ghana -- Accra -- Social conditions.
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Pentecostal women. |
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Social conditions. |
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Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Pentecostal churches.
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Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Pentecostal churches. |
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Sex role -- Ghana -- Accra.
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Sex role. |
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Accra (Ghana) -- Church history.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Subject |
Gender roles. |
Other Form: |
Print version: Soothill, Jane E. Gender, social change and spiritual power. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2006050044 |
ISBN |
9789047419396 (electronic book) |
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9047419391 (electronic book) |
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9789004157897 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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9004157891 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004157897.i-264 |
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