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Kaunda, Chammah J., ed.
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Genders, sexualities, and spiritualities in African Pentecostalism : 'your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit' $c / edited by Chammah J. Kaunda.

Cham Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, c2020.

xxvii, 415 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Christianity and renewal - Interdisciplinary studies.

Contents: Introduction: African Pentecostalism, genders, sexualities and spirituality / Chammah and Sokfa F. John. -- Part I: Theological, public, and gendered constructions and violent enactions. Problematizing the use of the Bible in the human sexuality and Pentecostal spirituality debate / Lovemore Togarasei. -- Moving forward in reverse gear? sexuality, dress and public spaces in Harare / Tapiwa Praise Mapuranga. -- Publicizing the 'private': new Pentecostal movements in Zimbabwe and the discourses on sexuality / Molly Manyonganise. -- 'A new man in Christ?': Pentecostalism and the construction of masculinities / Rosinah Mmannana Gabaitse. -- Interaction between societal constructions on women fertility and African Pentecostalism: a seedbed for geneder-based violence in Swaziland / Sonene Nyawo. -- Zambian Pentecostalism gender-based violence and human rights of victims / Jackie Mapulanga-Hulston and Maureen Mapulanga Chikoya. -- 'Clean the nation spiritually': the Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs (MNGRA) and the national sexual moral order in Zambia / Chammah J. Kaunda, Nelly Mwale, Joseph Chita, and Mutale M. Kaunda. --

Part II: Marriage, family and singleness. Afro-Pentecostalism and marital challenges: a Kenyan perspective / Elizabeth Nancy Muriithi, Julius Gathogo, and Josephine Gitome. -- The ideal does not exist on earth: marriage, divorce, and remarriage in African Pentecostalism / David Tonghou Ngong. -- Initiation rites and sex education: a Ghanaian Pentecostal perspective / Emmanuel Kwesi Anim. -- An appraisal of Pentecostal children's understanding of sex and sexuality / Mutale M. Kaunda and Josephine Y. Towani. -- 'Need but not numbers': challenges enshrined in Pentecostal discourses of singlehood in Zimbabwe--an African womanist perspective / Kudzai Biri. -- Sexuality, marriage and singleness among Pentecostal Indian women in South Africa / Linda Naicker. -- 'Virtual people' and matches made in heaven: the pitch of born-again dating platforms and Pentecostal attitude towards online dating / Sokfa F. John. --

Part III: Traditions, non-conformity genders/sexualities. Continuity and discontinuity of Haya traditions on charismatic teaching on human sexuality in Tanzania / Faith K. Lugazia. -- 'Can a queer be born again?': the experiences of the LGBTIQ+ Pentecostals at Grace Bible church, Soweto / Tebogo Sewapa. -- Is homosexuality the eternal sin? A critique of Pentecostal arguments against same-sex relations in Africa / Asonzeh Ukah. -- 'Love the sinner, hate the sin': homosexuality and masculinity politics among Pentecostal-charismatics--a case of the Mighty Men's Conference (MMC) / Kennedy Owino. -- Congolese Pentecostalism, gender and sexual orientation / Isaac K. Mbabazi.

Gender identity--Religious aspects--Africa.
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Sex--Religious aspects--Pentecostal churches--Africa.
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Pentecostalism--Africa.
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01/06/2021