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Author Crumbley, Deidre Helen, 1947-

Title Spirit, structure, and flesh : gendered experiences in African Instituted Churches among the Yoruba of Nigeria / Deidre Helen Crumbley.

Publication Info. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (180 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Africa and the diaspora
Africa and the diaspora.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-167) and index.
Contents Historical contexts and engendered institutional narratives -- Worshiping with the Aladura: ritual, symbol, and gender -- Gender and power within and without church structures.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject African Independent Church -- Customs and practices.
African Independent Church -- Customs and practices.
Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Women in Christianity -- Nigeria.
Women in Christianity.
Nigeria.
Yoruba (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
Yoruba (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies.
Nigeria -- Religious life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Gender roles.
Other Form: Print version: Crumbley, Deidre Helen, 1947- Spirit, structure, and flesh. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2008 9780299229146 (DLC) 2008013449 (OCoLC)227569605
ISBN 9780299229139 (electronic book)
0299229130 (electronic book)
0299229106 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780299229108 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780299229108 (cloth ; alkaline paper)