Becoming a “Gospel Woman”: agency, youth, and gender at a charismatic church in Brighton and Hove, UK

This article explores the paradoxical gendering of charisma in the lives of congregation members at a Charismatic Pentecostal church, the Church of Christ the King (CCK), in Brighton and Hove, UK. Gender is discussed as a ‘hot potato’ at CCK, a point of divergence and negotiation. I show how these d...

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Auteur principal: Wignall, Ross (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Carfax Publ. 2023
Dans: Journal of contemporary religion
Année: 2023, Volume: 38, Numéro: 1, Pages: 61-77
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Church of Christ the King / Pentecôtisme / Féminisme / Rôle de genre / Ministère ecclésiastique
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
AG Vie religieuse
KBF Îles britanniques
KDG Église libre
NBE Anthropologie
ZB Sociologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Leadership
B Feminism
B Pentecostalism
B Youth
B Gender
B Charisme
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Résumé:This article explores the paradoxical gendering of charisma in the lives of congregation members at a Charismatic Pentecostal church, the Church of Christ the King (CCK), in Brighton and Hove, UK. Gender is discussed as a ‘hot potato’ at CCK, a point of divergence and negotiation. I show how these dialogues are shaped by specific symbolic and embodied forms of gendered imagination and practice, which often operate counter to gender norms outside the Church. Looking at the intersection of youth and gender at the Church, I show how countercultural opposition serves to underwrite a culture of service and submission, which buttresses patriarchal authority and cements gendered hierarchies within the Church. As I argue, the overlooking of the relationship between religious leadership and gender is increasingly challenged by the younger generation bringing together self-making processes from both the sacred and the secular realm.
ISSN:1469-9419
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2022.2155367