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Spirit, structure, and flesh : gendered experiences in African Instituted Churches among the Yoruba of Nigeria / Deidre Helen Crumbley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crumbley, Deidre Helen, 1947-
- Series:
- Africa and the diaspora.
- Africa and the diaspora
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Sex role.
- Women in Christianity--Nigeria.
- Women in Christianity.
- Yoruba (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
- Yoruba (African people).
- Nigeria--Religious life and customs.
- Nigeria.
- African Independent Church--Customs and practices.
- African Independent Church.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (198 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction: Spirit, Structure, and Flesh
- 1 Historical Contexts and Engendered Institutional Narratives
- 2 Worshiping with the Aladura: Ritual, Symbol, and Gender
- 3 Gender and Power Within and Without Church Structures
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-167) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612445804
- 9781282445802
- 1282445804
- 9780299229139
- 0299229130
- OCLC:
- 550365539
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