Bringing Religion Back In

Religious Institutions and Politics in Africa

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3932129
AutoresK Lauterbach (0000-0003-4962-3383, University of Copenhagen), Ben Jone (0000-0003-3168-0726), Ben Jones (0000-0003-2134-8631)
Ano2005
Volume35
Fascículo2
Páginas239-243
Data de publicação2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/1570066054024640
OpenAlexW2067469825
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas20

The born-again discourse is a central characteristic of Pentecostal Christianity in Africa.In the study of African Christianities, this discourse and the way it (re)shapes people's moral, religious, and social identities has received much attention.However, hardly any attention has been paid to its effects on men as gendered beings.In the study of men and masculinities in Africa, on the other hand, neither religion in general nor born-again Christianity in particular are taken into account as relevant factors in the construction of masculinities.On the basis of a detailed analysis of interviews with men who are members of a Pentecostal church in Lusaka, Zambia, this article investigates how men's gender identities are reshaped by becoming and being born-again and how born-again conversion produces new forms of masculinity.The observed Pentecostal transformation of masculinity is interpreted in relation to men's social vulnerability, particularly in the context of the HIV epidemic in Zambia

Christianity · Context (archaeology · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies