Becoming a “Gospel Woman”: agency, youth, and gender at a charismatic church in Brighton and Hove, UK

This article explores the paradoxical gendering of charisma in the lives of congregation members at a Charismatic Pentecostal church, the Church of Christ the King (CCK), in Brighton and Hove, UK. Gender is discussed as a ‘hot potato’ at CCK, a point of divergence and negotiation. I show how these d...

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Main Author: Wignall, Ross (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. 2023
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-77
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church of Christ the King / Pentecostal churches / Feminism / Gender-specific role / Church office
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
KBF British Isles
KDG Free church
NBE Anthropology
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Charisma
B Leadership
B Feminism
B Pentecostalism
B Youth
B Gender
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Summary:This article explores the paradoxical gendering of charisma in the lives of congregation members at a Charismatic Pentecostal church, the Church of Christ the King (CCK), in Brighton and Hove, UK. Gender is discussed as a ‘hot potato’ at CCK, a point of divergence and negotiation. I show how these dialogues are shaped by specific symbolic and embodied forms of gendered imagination and practice, which often operate counter to gender norms outside the Church. Looking at the intersection of youth and gender at the Church, I show how countercultural opposition serves to underwrite a culture of service and submission, which buttresses patriarchal authority and cements gendered hierarchies within the Church. As I argue, the overlooking of the relationship between religious leadership and gender is increasingly challenged by the younger generation bringing together self-making processes from both the sacred and the secular realm.
ISSN:1469-9419
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2022.2155367