Overview
- Explores issues related to sexuality and gender in Africa
- Discusses contemporary issues that arise from the impact and influence of Pentecostalism in Africa
- Features authors from various disciplinary backgrounds
Part of the book series: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies (CHARIS)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Traditions, Non-conformity Genders/Sexualities
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About this book
This book examines the complex and multifaceted nature of African Pentecostal engagements with genders and sexualities. In the last three decades, African Pentecostalism has emerged as one the most visible and profound aspects of religious change on the continent, and is a social force that straddles cultural, economic, and political spheres. Its conventional and selective literal interpretations of the Bible with respect to gender and sexualities are increasingly perceived as exhibiting a strong influence on many aspects of social and public institutions and their moral orientations. This collection features articles which examine sexualities and genders in African Pentecostalism using interdisciplinary methodological and theoretical approaches grounded within traditional African thought systems, with the goal of enabling a broader understanding of Pentecostalism and sexualities in Africa.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Chammah J. Kaunda is Assistant Professor of World Christianity and Theology in the Global Institute of Theology and college of Theology/United Graduate School of Theology, Yonsei University, South Korea.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism
Book Subtitle: 'Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit'
Editors: Chammah J. Kaunda
Series Title: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42396-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42395-7Published: 23 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42398-8Published: 24 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-42396-4Published: 22 June 2020
Series ISSN: 2634-5854
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5862
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 415
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Religion and Society, Religion and Gender, Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism, Gender and Sexuality