Spirit, Structure and Flesh - Gendered Experiences in African Instituted Churches Among Yoruba of

Informationen zum Autor Deidre Helen Crumbley is associate professor of Africana studies at North Carolina State University, where she teaches courses on African civilization, religions, and diaspora. Klappentext How "does" having a female body affect one's experience of indigenized Christianity in Africa? "Spirit, Structure, and Flesh "addresses this question by exploring the ways ritual, symbol, and dogma circumscribe, constrain, and liberate women in AICs. Zusammenfassung Explores ways ritual! symbol! and dogma circumscribe! constrain! and empower women in African Instituted Churches (AICs)-new denominations founded by Africans sceptical of dogmas offered by mainstream churches with roots in European empires. It investigates the beliefs and practices associated with institutionalized female roles in three of the most important AICs.

Product details

• Authors: Deidre Helen Crumbley
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.05.2010
• EAN: 9780299229146
• ISBN: 978-0-299-22914-6
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Africa and the Diaspora: History, Politics, Culture; Africa and the Diaspora: Histo; Africa and the Diaspora: Histo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology