‘FEMINIZATION’ OF POVERTY: PROSPERITY PREACHING AND JOB 24:1-17

Worldwide, women constitute the majority of the poor and often they are the poorest among the poor. To eliminate poverty and challenge inequality, it is insufficient to improve legislation and policy. In addition to these, gender and power relations, structures, norms and values that underpin them m...

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Autores principales: Gatti, Nicoletta 1961- (Autor) ; Ossom-Batsa, George 1959- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2018
En: Ghana journal of religion and theology
Año: 2018, Volumen: 8, Número: 2, Páginas: 43-72
Otras palabras clave:B Job 24:1-17
B Poverty
B Prosperity Gospel
B Ghana
B gender inequality
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