God-Emitai and Women Prophets
Although it is easy to comprehend why women found more spiritual fulfillment as prophets of Emitai than as prophets of the patriarchal Christian God, it is interesting to observe women claiming to be messengers of Emitai. Baum's book is a religious response to slavery, colonial conquest, world...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Review |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2018
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Journal of Africana religions
Jahr: 2018, Band: 6, Heft: 1, Seiten: 126-130 |
| Rezension von: | West Africa's women of God (Bloomington : Indiana Univ. Press, 2016) (Mukonyora, Isabel)
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion BB Indigene Religionen CH Christentum und Gesellschaft KBN Subsahara-Afrika KCD Hagiographie; Heilige NBE Anthropologie RB Kirchliches Amt; Gemeinde |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Although it is easy to comprehend why women found more spiritual fulfillment as prophets of Emitai than as prophets of the patriarchal Christian God, it is interesting to observe women claiming to be messengers of Emitai. Baum's book is a religious response to slavery, colonial conquest, world wars, droughts, disease, and social upheavals. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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