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...
| Published in: | Journal of Africana religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2018
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| In: |
Journal of Africana religions
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| Review of: | West Africa's women of God (Bloomington : Indiana Univ. Press, 2016) (Mukonyora, Isabel)
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions CH Christianity and Society KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KCD Hagiography; saints NBE Anthropology RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | 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 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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