Title Spirit, structure, and flesh : gendered experiences in African Instituted Churches among the Yoruba of Nigeria / Deidre Helen Crumbley

Published Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (180 pages) Series Africa and the diaspora Africa and the diaspora. Contents Historical contexts and engendered institutional narratives -- Worshiping with the Aladura: ritual, symbol, and gender -- Gender and power within and without church structures Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-167) and index Notes Print version record Subject African Independent Church -- Customs and practices Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Women in Christianity -- Nigeria Yoruba (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies. RELIGION. General. RELIGION -- Messianic Judaism. African-instituted churches Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Women in Christianity Yoruba (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies SUBJECT Nigeria -- Religious life and customs Subject Nigeria Form Electronic book LC no. 2008013449 ISBN 9780299229139 0299229130 0299229106 9780299229108

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