Spirit, Structure, and Flesh: Gendered Experiences in African Instituted Churches among the Yoruba of Nigeria (hardcover)

Spirit, Structure, and Flesh: Gendered Experiences in African Instituted Churches among the Yoruba of Nigeria (hardcover)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

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