Transforming masculinities in African Christianity
Subtitle: gender controversies in times of AIDS
By: by A.S. van Klinken
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey. England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781409451143; 9781409451150; 9781472401526
Subjects: Wandel; AIDS (Disease); Geschlechterrolle; Christentum; Christianity; Religion; Sex role; Men (Christian theology); Aids; Doctrinal Theology
Description: Exploring the complexity and ambiguity of religious transformations of masculinity in contemporary African contexts, this book investigates how some African theologians, and a Catholic parish and a Pentecostal church in Zambia, work on a 'transformation of masculinities'.
Notes: Includes bibliographical (pages 201-220) references and index.
Table of contents: title: Intersecting masculinities, religion and aids: an introduction; title: Transforming masculinities towards gender justice: African theologians; title: Shaping responsible family men: masculinities in a Catholic parish; title: Promoting "biblical manhood": masculinities in a Pentecostal church; title: Comparing the trajectories and theologies to transform masculinities; title: Understanding transformations of masculinity: patriarchy, male agency, and gender justice.