Spirit on the move : black women and Pentecostalism in Africa and the Diaspora

Author(s)

• Casselberry, Judith
• Pritchard, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Ann)

Bibliographic Information

Spirit on the move : black women and Pentecostalism in Africa and the Diaspora

edited by Judith Casselberry & Elizabeth A. Pritchard

（Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people / series editors, Jacob K. Olupona, Dianne M. Stewart, Terrence L. Johnson）

Duke University Press, 2019

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-220) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Pentecostalism is currently the fastest-growing Christian movement, with hundreds of millions of followers. This growth overwhelmingly takes place outside of the West, and women make up 75 percent of the membership. The contributors to Spirit on the Move examine Pentecostalism's appeal to black women worldwide and the ways it provides them with a source of community and access to power. Exploring a range of topics, from Neo-Pentecostal churches in Ghana that help women challenge gender norms to evangelical gospel musicians in Brazil, the contributors show how Pentecostalism helps black women draw attention to and seek remediation from the violence and injustices brought on by civil war, capitalist exploitation, racism, and the failures of the state. In fleshing out the experiences, theologies, and innovations of black women Pentecostals, the contributors show how Pentecostal belief and its various practices reflect the movement's complexity, reach, and adaptability to specific cultural and political formations. Contributors. Paula Aymer, John Burdick, Judith Casselberry, Deidre Helen Crumbley, Elizabeth McAlister, Laura Premack, Elizabeth A. Pritchard, Jane Soothill, Linda van de Kamp

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix Introduction / Elizabeth A. Pritchard 1 Part I. Saving Race 1. Voices of God: Blackness and Gender in a Brazilian Black Gospel Music Scene / John Burdick 27 2. Race, Gender, and Christian Diaspora: New Pentecostal Intersectionalities and Haiti / Elizabeth McAlister 44 Part II. Scrutinizing and Sanctifying the Body 3. Women and the Afro-Brazilian Pentecostal War in Mozambique / Linda van de Kamp 67 4. "Dressed as Becometh Holiness": Gender, Race, and the Body in a Storefront Sanctified Church / Deidre Helen Crumbley 89 Part III. Sonic Power 5. West African and Caribbean Women Evangelists: The Wailing Women Worldwide Intercessors / Paula Aymer 109 6. "The Kingdom in the Midst": Sounding Bodies, Aesthetic Labor, and the End Times / Judith Casselberry 128 Part IV. Modeling the State 7. A Critical Approach to Concepts of "Power" and "Agency" in Ghana's Charismatic (or Neo-Pentecostal) Churches / Jane Soothill 151 8. Bless Us with Children: Pregnancy, Prosperity, and Pragmatism in Nigeria's Christ Apostolic Church / Laura Premack 180 References 197 Contributors 221 Index 225

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BD00660413
• ISBN:
  • 9781478000327
• LCCN: 2018032578
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Durham, [N.C.]
• Pages/Volumes: 238 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BR1644.3
  • DC23 : 270.8/3082
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Pentecostalism
  • LCSH : Women, Black -- Religious life
  • LCSH : Pentecostal churches
  • LCSH : African diaspora
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB23439911