Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism
'Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit'
Editors: Kaunda, Chammah J. (Ed.)
Free Preview- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Introduction: African Pentecostalism, Genders, Sexualities and Spirituality
Pages 1-16
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Problematizing the Use of the Bible in the Human Sexuality and Pentecostal Spirituality Debate
Pages 19-34
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Moving Forward in Reverse Gear? Sexuality, Dress and Public Spaces in Harare
Pages 35-49
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Publicizing the “Private”: New Pentecostal Movements in Zimbabwe and the Discourses on Sexuality
Pages 51-65
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“A New Man in Christ?”: Pentecostalism and the Construction of Masculinities
Pages 67-80
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism
- Book Subtitle
- 'Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit'
- Editors
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- Chammah J. Kaunda
- Series Title
- Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-42396-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-42396-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-42395-7
- Series ISSN
- 2634-5854
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXVII, 415
- Number of Illustrations
- 4 b/w illustrations
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