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The church of women [[electronic resource] ] : gendered encounters between Maasai and missionaries / / Dorothy L. Hodgson



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Autore: Hodgson Dorothy Louise Visualizza persona
Titolo: The church of women [[electronic resource] ] : gendered encounters between Maasai and missionaries / / Dorothy L. Hodgson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
Disciplina: 266/.2678/082
Soggetto topico: Women, Maasai - Religious life - Tanzania
Maasai (African people) - Tanzania - Religion
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-297) and index.
Nota di contenuto: "Oh she who brings the rain" -- Men of the church -- Evangelizing "the Maasai" -- The church of women -- Being a man in the church of women -- Possessed by the Spirit -- Toward a Maasai Catholicism?
Sommario/riassunto: In Africa, why have so many more women converted to Christianity than men? What explains the appeal of Christianity to women? What does religious conversion mean for the negotiation of gender and ethnic identity? What role does religious conversion play as a tool for empowering women? In The Church of Women, Dorothy L. Hodgson looks at how gender has shaped the encounter between missionary priests and Maasai men and women in Tanzania. Building on her extensive experience with Maasai and the Spiritan mi
Altri titoli varianti: Gendered encounters between Maasai and missionaries
Titolo autorizzato: The church of women  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4237-8958-X
0-253-11121-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784580903321
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Serie: ACLS Fellows’ publications.