Spirit on the Move: Black Women and Pentecostalism in Africa and the Diaspora
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, access to power, and way to challenge social inequalities.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Durham
Duke University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Religious Cultures of African and African Diaspora People Ser.
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| Further subjects: | B
Women, Black-Religious life
B Pentecostalism B Electronic books |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781478000136 |
| Summary: | 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, access to power, and way to challenge social inequalities. Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Saving Race -- 1 - Voices of God: Blackness and Gender in a Brazilian Black Gospel Music Scene -- 2 - Race, Gender, and Christian Diaspora: New Pentecostal Intersectionalities and Haiti -- Part II: Scrutinizing and Sanctifying the Body -- 3 - Women and the Afro-Brazilian Pentecostal War in Mozambique -- 4 - "Dressed as Becometh Holiness": Gender, Race, and the Body in a Storefront Sanctified Church -- Part III: Sonic Power -- 5 - West African and Caribbean Women Evangelists: The Wailing Women Worldwide Intercessors -- 6 - "The Kingdom in the Midst": Sounding Bodies, Aesthetic Labor, and the End Times -- Part IV: Modeling the State -- 7 - A Critical Approach to Concepts of "Power" and "Agency" in Ghana's Charismatic (or Neo-Pentecostal) Churches -- 8 - Bless Us with Children: Pregnancy, Prosperity, and Pragmatism in Nigeria's Christ Apostolic Church -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1478002115 |