Gender, social change and spiritual power : charismatic Christianity in Ghana /

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Author / Creator:	Soothill, Jane E.
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 261 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Studies of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; 30 Studies on religion in Africa ; 30.
Subject:	Pentecostal churches -- Ghana -- Accra -- Sociological aspects. Pentecostal women -- Ghana -- Accra -- Social conditions. Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Pentecostal churches. Sex role -- Ghana -- Accra. Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Pentecostal churches. Sex role. Accra (Ghana) -- Church history. Ghana -- Accra. Church history.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11218414

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ISBN:	9789047419396 9047419391 1281926175 9781281926173 9786611926175 6611926178 9789004157897 9004157891
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-248) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Against a backdrop of debate concerning the role of Pentecostalism as a mediator of 'modernity', this book examines the interaction between charismatic Christianity, spiritual power and gendered social change in contemporary Ghana. This work sheds light on the socio-cultural role of Ghana's churches.
Other form:	Print version: Soothill, Jane E. Gender, social change and spiritual power. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007
Standard no.:	10.1163/ej.9789004157897.i-264

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