02598oam 22006014a 450 991080962680332120240521180834.01-282-44580-497866124458040-299-22913-0(CKB)2670000000016013(OCoLC)550365539(CaPaEBR)ebrary10386267(SSID)ssj0000343156(PQKBManifestationID)11280692(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343156(PQKBWorkID)10289884(PQKB)10624071(MdBmJHUP)muse12018(MiAaPQ)EBC3444995(EXLCZ)99267000000001601320080328d2008 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSpirit, Structure, and Flesh[electronic resource] Gender and Power in Yoruba African Instituted Churches /Deidre Helen CrumbleyFirst edition.Madison, Wisconsin :University of Wisconsin Press,c2008.1 online resource (198 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-299-22914-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-167) and index.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.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.Yoruba (African people)Rites and ceremoniesWomen in ChristianityNigeriaSex roleReligious aspectsChristianityAfrican-instituted churchesNigeriaReligious life and customsYoruba (African people)Rites and ceremonies.Women in ChristianitySex roleReligious aspectsChristianity.African-instituted churches.289.9/308209669Crumbley Deidre Helen1947-1662751MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910809626803321Spirit, Structure, and Flesh4109363UNINA