Crashed realities? : gender dynamics in Nigerian Pentecostalism / by Itohan Mercy Idumwonyi.

Leiden : Boston : Brill, [2024]

©2024

xvi, 221 pages ; 25 cm.

"Crashed Realities explores the lived realities women Pentecostals encounter in male-founded Pentecostal churches. Idumwonyi demonstrates the gender dynamics at play in Nigerian Pentecostalism by exploring the 'drama' that played out in the wake of the nomination of the first woman Pentecostal archbishop in Nigeria and the subsequent attempt to 'erase' her from a significant leadership position and the pages of history. This case underscores how Pentecostalism, which presents as egalitarian, engages in and perpetuates gender disparity, revealing the realities that are crashed every day. This book further explores the profound ambiguities that result from an underlying commitment to patriarchy, making the calls to inclusivity illogical. In contrast, she proposes the advantages of the Pentecost Experience as favorable background to gender inclusivity and, in turn, human flourishing"-- Back cover.

Gender dynamics in Nigerian Pentecostalism

Online version : Itohan Mercy, Idumwonyi. Crashed realities? : Gender dynamics in Nigerian Pentecostalism Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

English

March 22, 2024

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-214) and index.