Media, gender, and religion in the twenty-first century: interrogating the public image of Christian women in Nigeria
This paper asserts that since the Nigerian media is patriarchal, they inexorably present images that give the impression that men have a superior knowledge of God than women. This idea is incidentally reechoing in contemporary Nigerian Christian practices, especially in the age of the new media. The...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 328-347 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Nigeria
/ Christian woman
/ Gender-specific role
/ Public opinion
/ Mass media
/ Patriarchate
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KBN Sub-Saharan Africa RB Church office; congregation ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Gender-specific role
B Church B Religion B Media B patriarchal B Stereotype B Gender B Christianity B Reporting B Patriarchate B Mass media B Woman B Causality B Nigeria |
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| Summary: | This paper asserts that since the Nigerian media is patriarchal, they inexorably present images that give the impression that men have a superior knowledge of God than women. This idea is incidentally reechoing in contemporary Nigerian Christian practices, especially in the age of the new media. The paper examines gender, religion, and media from historical perspectives; analyses the theoretical framework at the root of the construction of the female gender and their representation in religion; and lastly, presents selected examples from day-to-day empirical evidence from Christian organizations in the Nigerian media space with the aim of deconstructing the public image of Christian women in the Nigerian public square. It thus aims to reconstruct the public image of women in religion via the media, showing the importance of equal gender representation. The narrative concerning reconstruction is deeply contextual, analytical, rigorous, and interdisciplinary. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 344-347, Literaturhinweise |
| ISSN: | 1570-0666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Africa
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340208 |