Spirit on the move : Black women and Pentecostalism in Africa and the diaspora / edited by Judith Casselberry & Elizabeth A. Pritchard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Casselberry, Judith, 1952- editor.

Pritchard, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Ann), editor.

Series:

Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pentecostalism.

Women, Black--Religious life.

Women, Black.

Pentecostal churches.

African diaspora.

Physical Description:

238 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Pentecostalism is currently the fastest-growing Christian movement, with hundreds of millions of followers. This growth overwhelmingly takes place outside of the West, and women make up 75 percent of the membership. The contributors to 'Spirit on the Move' examine Pentecostalism's appeal to black women worldwide and the ways it provides them with a source of community and access to power. Exploring a range of topics, from Neo-Pentecostal churches in Ghana that help women challenge gender norms to evangelical gospel musicians in Brazil, the contributors show how Pentecostalism helps black women draw attention to and seek remediation from the violence and injustices brought on by civil war, capitalist exploitation, racism, and the failures of the state. In fleshing out the experiences, theologies, and innovations of black women Pentecostals, the contributors show how Pentecostal belief and its various practices reflect the movement's complexity, reach, and adaptability to specific cultural and political formations.

Contents:

Voices of God : Blackness and gender in a Brazilian Black gospel music scene / John Burdick

Race, gender, and Christian diaspora : New Pentecostal intersectionalities and Haiti / Elizabeth McAlister

Women and the Afro-Brazilian Pentecostal war in Mozambique / Linda van de Kamp

"Dressed as becometh holiness" : gender, race, and the body in a storefront Sanctified Church / Deidre Helen Crumbley

West African and Caribbean women evangelists : the Wailing Women Worldwide Intercessors / Paula Aymer

"The kingdom in the midst" : sounding bodies, aesthetic labor, and the end times / Judith Casselberry

A critical approach to concepts of "power" and "agency" in Ghana's Charismatic (or Neo-Pentecostal) Churches / Jane Soothill

Bless us with children : pregnancy, prosperity, and pragmatism in Nigeria's Christ Apostolic Church / Laura Premack.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Spirit on the move

ISBN:

9781478000327

1478000325

9781478000136

1478000139

OCLC:

1050455657