{"product_id":"spirit-on-the-move-9781478000136","title":"Spirit on the Move","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003eSpirit on the Move\u003c\/i\u003e examine Pentecostalism's appeal to black women worldwide and the ways it provides them with a source of community, access to power, and way to challenge social inequalities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The editors and contributors of \u003ci\u003eSpirit on the Move\u003c\/i\u003e have successfully attended to this task without fear of troubling the waters of tidy conclusions in favor or against Black women’s relation to Pentecostalism. Scholars and Pentecostal practitioners can listen to and be taught by the global women portrayed in the pages of this book.”\u003c\/p\u003e -- Allison Kach * Sociology of Religion *\u003cbr\u003e“Should be widely read by the African Studies community and particularly within the (re-emerging!) field of African Christianity.” -- Adam Mohr * African Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSpirit on the Move\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a clear and provocative introduction in which Elizabeth A. Pritchard details the empirical evidence of Pentecostalism’s special appeal to Black women.... This volume [is] a most welcome single-volume contribution to Pentecostal studies, gender studies, and race studies.” -- Devaka Premawardhana * H-Africa, H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e“These essays provide a marvelous introductory text to the intersectional study of Black women and Global Pentecostalism.... [\u003ci\u003eSpirit on the Move\u003c\/i\u003e] has included Pentecostalism’s appeal to Black women across the diaspora and countries on the continent of Africa.” -- Marcia Clarke * Pneuma *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \/ Elizabeth A. Pritchard  1\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Saving Race\u003cbr\u003e 1. Voices of God: Blackness and Gender in a Brazilian Black Gospel Music Scene \/ John Burdick  27\u003cbr\u003e 2. Race, Gender, and Christian Diaspora: New Pentecostal Intersectionalities and Haiti \/ Elizabeth McAlister  44\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Scrutinizing and Sanctifying the Body\u003cbr\u003e 3. Women and the Afro-Brazilian Pentecostal War in Mozambique \/ Linda van de Kamp  67\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"Dressed as Becometh Holiness\": Gender, Race, and the Body in a Storefront Sanctified Church \/ Deidre Helen Crumbley  89\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Sonic Power\u003cbr\u003e 5. West African and Caribbean Women Evangelists: The Wailing Women Worldwide Intercessors \/ Paula Aymer  109\u003cbr\u003e 6. \"The Kingdom in the Midst\": Sounding Bodies, Aesthetic Labor, and the End Times \/ Judith Casselberry  128\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Modeling the State\u003cbr\u003e 7. A Critical Approach to Concepts of \"Power\" and \"Agency\" in Ghana's Charismatic (or Neo-Pentecostal) Churches \/ Jane Soothill  151\u003cbr\u003e 8. Bless Us with Children: Pregnancy, Prosperity, and Pragmatism in Nigeria's Christ Apostolic Church \/ Laura Premack  180\u003cbr\u003e References  197\u003cbr\u003e Contributors  221\u003cbr\u003e Index  225","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408967344471,"sku":"9781478000136","price":90.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478000136.jpg?v=1730504897","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spirit-on-the-move-9781478000136","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}