Introduction

Religion and Masculinities in Africa

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4814726
AutoresDorothea E Schulz (University of Cologne, autor correspondente), Dieter Schulz (0000-0002-5750-8994), Dorothea Schulz (University of CologneGermany), Marloes Janson (0000-0002-4281-7364, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of LondonUK, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume46
Fascículo2-3
Páginas121-128
Data de publicação2016-02-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/15700666-12340078
OpenAlexW2607453000
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas24

At a time when born-again Christianity and reformist Islam are among the fastest-growing religious traditions in present-day Africa, more attention needs to be paid to religion as a crucial factor in the dynamic process of constructing, challenging, and transforming gendered identities.So far few studies have addressed issues of gender beyond the all-too-popular focus on Christian and Muslim women who "resist" the dominant patriarchal order, or, for that matter who "liberate" themselves from the yoke of "conservative" gender ideologies articulated by Christian and Muslim communities in sub-Saharan Africa.This special issue seeks to make up for the biased representations of the interplay between constructions of gender identities and religious practices and understandings that have been generated by conventional research preoccupations, agendas, and concepts.Specifically, the contributions bring together three lines of exploration that Africanist research has tended to treat separately.These are firstly, the study of gender; secondly

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