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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819920603321

Autore

Santos Jose Leonardo <1976->

Titolo

Evangelicalism and masculinity : faith and gender in El Salvador / / Jose Leonardo Santos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-7391-6869-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 p.)

Disciplina

277.284/0830811

Soggetti

Evangelistic work - El Salvador - History

Men (Christian theology)

Sex role - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Religion and Gender; 3 The Evangelical Worldview Story; 4 Evangelical Masculinity; 5 Catholic and Evangelical Worlds; 6 Evangelical Narrative; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span><span>Evangelicalism makes use of gendered stories that appeal to cosmic justifications for Christian manhood and womanhood. In a poverty-stricken, violent, unstable environment, many Salvadoran men reject their own masculinity in favor of this new, spiritually transformed ideal.</span></span></span>