The Dilemmas of Monogamy: Pleasure, Discipline and the Pentecostal Moral Self in the Republic of Benin

Based on ethnographic research in the Republic of Benin, this article explores how Pentecostal teachings on marriage and the management of sexual pleasure contribute to shaping converts' moral selves. For Pentecostals, fidelity towards God, when single and fidelity between partners, once marrie...

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Main Author: Quiroz, Sitna (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2016]
In: Religions
Year: 2016, Volume: 7, Issue: 8, Pages: 1-16
Further subjects:B Reproduction
B Pentecostalism
B Morality
B Infertility
B Monogamy
B Sexuality
B Marriage
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