{"product_id":"spirit-structure-and-flesh-deidre-helen-crumbley-9780299229146","title":"Spirit, Structure, and Flesh: Gendered Experiences in African Instituted Churches Among the Yoruba of Nigeria","description":"Although popularized in Africa by Western missionaries, the Christian faith as practiced by Africans has acquired unique traits over time. Some of the most radical reinterpretations of Christianity are offered by those churches known as \"AICs\" (variously, African Initiated, African Instituted, or African Independent Churches)--new denominations founded by Africans skeptical of dogma offered by mainstream churches with roots in European empires. As these churches spread throughout the African diaspora, they have brought with them distinct practices relating to gender. Such practices range from the expectation that women avoid holy objects and sites during menstruation to the maintenance of church structures in which both men and women may be ordained and assigned the same duties and responsibilities. How \u003ci\u003edoes\u003c\/i\u003e having a female body affect one's experience of indigenized Christianity in Africa? \u003ci\u003eSpirit, Structure, and Flesh \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses this question by exploring the ways ritual, symbol, and dogma circumscribe, constrain, and liberate women in AICs. Through detailed description of worship and doctrine, as well as careful analyses of church history and organizational processes, Deidre Helen Crumbley explores gendered experiences of faith and power in three Nigerian indigenous AICs, demonstrating the roles of women in the day-to-day life of these churches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deidre Helen Crumbley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299229149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299229146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Deidre Helen Crumbley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437887271167,"sku":"9780299229146","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fb876a0-8d85-4fcf-84ea-ccbafb149aec.jpg?v=1777167446","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spirit-structure-and-flesh-deidre-helen-crumbley-9780299229146","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}