RT Book
T1 Crashed realities?: gender dynamics in Nigerian Pentecostalism
T2 Studies of religion in Africa
A1 Idumwonyi, Itohan
LA English
PP Leiden
PB Boston
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1877441929
AB "Crashed Realities explores the lived realities women Pentecostals encounter in male-founded Pentecostal churches. Idumwonyi demonstrates the gender dynamics at play in Nigerian Pentecostalism by exploring the 'drama' that played out in the wake of the nomination of the first woman Pentecostal archbishop in Nigeria and the subsequent attempt to 'erase' her from a significant leadership position and the pages of history. This case underscores how Pentecostalism, which presents as egalitarian, engages in and perpetuates gender disparity, revealing the realities that are crashed every day. This book further explores the profound ambiguities that result from an underlying commitment to patriarchy, making the calls to inclusivity illogical. In contrast, she proposes the advantages of the Pentecost Experience as favorable background to gender inclusivity and, in turn, human flourishing"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BR1644.5.A35
SN 9789004545700
K1 Pentecostalism : Nigeria
K1 Pentecostal women : Nigeria
K1 Sex discrimination against women : Nigeria
K1 Pentecostals : Nigeria
K1 Pentecostalism : Social aspects : Nigeria
K1 Women and religion : Nigeria
K1 Feminism : Religious aspects
DO 10.1163/9789004545700