Spirit on the move: black women and pentecostalism in Africa and the diaspora
Pentecostalism is currently the fastest-growing Christian movement, with hundreds of millions of followers. This growth overwhelmingly takes place outside of the West, and women make up 75 percent of the membership. The contributors to Spirit on the Move examine Pentecostalism's appeal to black...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Durham
Duke University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Women, Black
/ Diaspora (Religion)
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| Further subjects: | B
Pentecostal Churches
B Collection of essays B Pentecostalism B Conference program (Maine) B Women, Black Religious life B African Diaspora B Electronic books |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Pentecostalism is currently the fastest-growing Christian movement, with hundreds of millions of followers. This growth overwhelmingly takes place outside of the West, and women make up 75 percent of the membership. The contributors to Spirit on the Move examine Pentecostalism's appeal to black women worldwide and the ways it provides them with a source of community and access to power. Exploring a range of topics, from Neo-Pentecostal churches in Ghana that help women challenge gender norms to evangelical gospel musicians in Brazil, the contributors show how Pentecostalism helps black women draw attention to and seek remediation from the violence and injustices brought on by civil war, capitalist exploitation, racism, and the failures of the state. In fleshing out the experiences, theologies, and innovations of black women Pentecostals, the contributors show how Pentecostal belief and its various practices reflect the movement's complexity, reach, and adaptability to specific cultural and political formations. Voices of God : Blackness and gender in a Brazilian Black gospel music scene / John Burdick -- Race, nation, and gender and the evangelical revival movement in Haiti : native sons of the soil and the Jezebel spirit / Elizabeth McAlister -- Women and the Afro-Brazilian Pentecostal war in Mozambique / Linda van de Kamp -- "Dressed as becometh holiness" : gender, race, and the body in a storefront Sanctified Church / Deidre Helen Crumbley - West African and Caribbean women evangelists : the Wailing Women Worldwide Intercessors / Paula Aymer -- "The kingdom in the midst" : African American Apostolic Pentecostal eschatological bodies in practice / Judith Casselberry -- A critical approach to concepts of "power" and "agency" in Ghana's Charismatic (or Neo-Pentecostal) Churches / Jane Soothill -- Bless us with children : pregnancy, prosperity, and pragmatism in Nigeria's Christ Apostolic Church / Laura Premack |
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| ISBN: | 1478002115 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1215/9781478002116 |