Pentecostalism, Political Masculinity and Citizenship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3932182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adriaan Van Klinken (0000-0003-2011-5537, University of LeedsStellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Wallenberg Research Centre, Stellenbosch UniversityUK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 129-157 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700666-12340072 |
| OpenAlex | W2610522970 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 40 |
Africa has become a key site of masculinity politics, that is, of mobilisations and struggles where masculine gender is made a principal theme and subjected to change. Pentecostalism is widely considered to present a particular form of masculinity politics in contemporary African societies. Scholarship on African Pentecostal masculinities has mainly centred around the thesis of the domestication of men, focusing on changes in domestic spheres and in marital and intimate relations. Through an analysis of a sermon series preached by a prominent Zambian Pentecostal pastor, this article demonstrates that Pentecostal discourse on adult, middle- to upper-class masculinity is also highly concerned with men's roles in sociopolitical spheres. It argues that in this case study the construction of a born-again masculinity is part of the broader Pentecostal political project of national redemption, which in Zambia has particular significance in light of the country constitutionally being a Christian nation. Hence the article examines how this construction of Pentecostal masculinity relates to broader notions of religious, political and gendered citizenship
Citizenship · History of religions · Masculinity · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · Theme (computing) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Gender Studies · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Religious studies
African Pentecostalism
Studying Global Pentecostalism
Ritual Textuality
The Routledge Handbook of Religions and Global Development
Gender, Social Change and Spiritual Power
Sexual orientation, (anti-)discrimination and human rights in a ‘Christian nation’
Male Headship as Male Agency
Homosexuality, Politics and Pentecostal Nationalism in Zambia
Chiluba's Christian nation
Targeting Men for a Change
Eat With Us”
Faithful Men of a Faithful God’? Masculinities in the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa
President Frederick J.T. Chiluba of Zambia
On the Postcolony
Dis/Embodying Authority
Africa's new big man rule? Pentecostalism and patronage in Ghana
Christianity and Public Culture in Africa
Introduction
Aesthetics of Persuasion
Men in the Remaking
The Changing Face of Zambia's Christianity and its Implications for the Public Sphere
Gay rights, the devil and the end times
Men of God
Altar Media's Living Word
Make a Complete Break with the past.' Memory and Post-Colonial Modernity in Ghanaian Pentecostalist Discourse
Political Spiritualities
Wombs As God's Laboratories
Transgressing the Self
Change among the Gatekeepers
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |