| Gender, Race, Power and Religion: Women in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in Post-Apartheid Society Contributor(s): Theilen, Uta (Author), Sundermeier, Theo (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0820473448 ISBN-13: 9780820473444 Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing OUR PRICE: $55.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - Religion | Christianity - Methodist - Religion | Christian Church - Canon & Ecclesiastical Law |
| Dewey: 287.082 |
| LCCN: 2004063307 |
| Series: Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity |
| Physical Information: 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book addresses the evolving structure of the three traditional women's organisations of the Methodist Church in post-apartheid South Africa, and the experiences of women in leadership roles within the church. These organisations are still more or less divided along racial lines. The aim of the fieldwork--carried out from 1995 to 1997 and in 2000--was to find out if these racial boundaries would begin to dissolve and if women would find more empowerment in their congregations after the democratisation of the country. Further topics are the renaissance of African traditions and religious practices that came about with the end of apartheid. The methodology follows an ethnographic approach that relies heavily on interviews and participant observation, on interviews and participant observation, with the analysis bringing South African women's voices to bear on these issues, rather than providing and external and analytical analysis of the issues. |
