Crashed realities? :
by Idumwonyi, Itohan Mercy,
Series: Studies of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; . volume 52 Published by : Brill, (Leiden : | Boston :) Physical details: xvi, 221 pages 24 cm. ISBN:9789004545694 (hardback).
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Pentecostal women
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Nigeria.
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Sex discrimination against women
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Nigeria.
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Pentecostals
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Nigeria.
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Pentecostalism
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Social aspects
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Nigeria.
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Women and religion
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Nigeria.
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Feminism
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Religious aspects.
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| BR 1644 MAC Charismatic renewal and the churches | BR 1644 MAC Charismatic chaos / | BR 1644.5.A35 ASA Contemporary Pentecostal Christianity: | BR 1644.5.A35 IDU Crashed realities? : | BR 1644.5.DRO Pentecostalism, globalisation, and Islam in Northern Cameroon | BR 1690 ELL A living Gospel : | BR 1700.2 CHO Chosen vessels : |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-214) and index.
"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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