The Gender of God’s Gifts—Dividual Personhood, Spirits and the Statue of Mother Mary in a Sepik Society, Papua New Guinea
A Sepik myth tells of a time in which women were in charge of powerful spirits before jealous men reversed the gender roles by force. Today, the men of Timbunmeli (Nyaura, West Iatmul) have lost control over spirits who have started to act through female bodies. Christian charismatic rituals hint at...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2021]
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Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 4 |
| Further subjects: | B
dividuality
B Catholic charismatic Christianity B Papua New Guinea B charismatic space B Gender B onto-praxis B Personhood B relational ontology |
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