“THE EMPTIED AUTHORITY”: AFRICAN NEO-PENTECOSTALISM, MODERNISATION OF SACRED AUTHORITY, AND GENDERED AND SEXUALISED CONSTRUCTIONS OF VIOLENCE
This article argues that African Neo-Pentecostalism has adopted indigenous notions of sacred authority through the paradigm of modernisation. Employing Rev. Timothy Omotoso’s case study on sexualisation and gendered exploitation of women and girls in South Africa, the article illustrates that the i...
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Main Author: | C.J. Kaunda |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of the Free State
2020-12-01
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Series: | Acta Theologica |
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Online Access: | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/4987 |
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