From Swagger to Serious: Managing Young Masculinities between Faiths at a Young Men’s Christian Association Centre in The Gambia

A renewed focus on studies of masculinity in Africa has so far failed to account for the growing importance of nonproselytizing Faith-Based Organisations (fbos) in the gendering process. This article seeks to address this issue through a case study of the Gambian branch of the Young Men’s Christian...

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Main Author: Wignall, Ross (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2016, Volume: 46, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 288-323
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gambia / Young man / Christianity / Islam / Masculinity / Interfaith dialogue
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AX Inter-religious relations
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B Islam Christianity masculinity youth development
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)