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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Authors: Gbadegesin, Enoch Olujide (Author) ; Wale-Olaitan, Kemi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: 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
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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