عنوان

Pentecostal Theologies of Healing, HIV/AIDS, and Women's Agency in South Africa

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LA124445

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Pentecostal Theologies of Healing, HIV/AIDS, and Women's Agency in South Africa

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Katherine Attanasi

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

This article examines the gendered implications of healing theologies in black South African pentecostal churches dealing with the HIV/AIDS crisis. Lived theologies of healing enhance women's flourishing by providing or encouraging medical, social, and psychological support. However, pentecostal theologies of healing can impede women's flourishing by creating a burdensome sense of responsibility in which women blame themselves for not being healed. More disturbingly, many women consider prayer as the most faithful or most feasible strategy for HIV prevention. This article identifies women's constrained choices as a theological imperative for Pentecostalism to address gender inequality. This article examines the gendered implications of healing theologies in black South African pentecostal churches dealing with the HIV/AIDS crisis. Lived theologies of healing enhance women's flourishing by providing or encouraging medical, social, and psychological support. However, pentecostal theologies of healing can impede women's flourishing by creating a burdensome sense of responsibility in which women blame themselves for not being healed. More disturbingly, many women consider prayer as the most faithful or most feasible strategy for HIV prevention. This article identifies women's constrained choices as a theological imperative for Pentecostalism to address gender inequality.

Date of Publication

2015

Physical description

7-20

Title

Pneuma

Volume Number

37/1

International Standard Serial Number

1570-0747

Subject Term

gender

Subject Term

global Christianity

Subject Term

inequality

Subject Term

medicine

Subject Term

prayer

Katherine Attanasi

Call Number

10.1163/15700747-03701024

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[Article]

275578

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