Crashed realities?: gender dynamics in Nigerian Pentecostalism
"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 Pe...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Pubblicazione: |
Leiden
Boston
2023
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| In: | Anno: 2023 |
| Periodico/Rivista: | Studies of religion in Africa
volume 52 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Nigeria
/ Movimento pentecostale
/ Donna
/ Ruolo di genere
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Feminism
Religious aspects
B Women and religion (Nigeria) B Pentecostals (Nigeria) B Pentecostal women (Nigeria) B Pentecostalism (Nigeria) B Sex discrimination against women (Nigeria) B Pentecostalism Social aspects (Nigeria) |
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| Edizione parallela: | Elettronico
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| Riepilogo: | "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"-- |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004545700 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004545700 |