Chammah J. Kaunda (ed.), Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: “Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit.”
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Moral discourses pertaining to gender and sexuality in Africa are certainly shaped by various religious norms and cultural beliefs, and for more than a decade, Pentecostalism has emerged as a primary area of research focus on this subject.1 The particular book under review fits within the ever-expanding body of literature on the intersections between African Pentecostalism, gender, and sexuality. The introductory chapter by Chammah J. Kaunda and Sokfa F. John centres Pentecostal and Charismatic spirituality as the lifeblood that sustains “beliefs, attitudes, moralities and legalities surrounding sexualities in Africa today.”
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Gabaitse, Rosinah M. “’A New Man in Christ?:’ Pentecostalism and the Construction of Masculinities,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, 67-80. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
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Van Klinken, Adriaan. “Homosexuality, politics and Pentecostal nationalism in Zambia.” Studies in World Christianity 20, no.3 (2014): 259-81.
Burchardt, Marian. “Challenging Pentecostal moralism: Erotic geographies, religion and sexual practices among township youth in Cape Town.” Culture, Health & Sexuality 13, no.6 (2011): 669-83.
Gabaitse, Rosinah M. “’A New Man in Christ?:’ Pentecostalism and the Construction of Masculinities,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, 67-80. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Jodamus, Johnathan. “Gendered Ideology and Power in 1 Corinthians.” Journal of Early Christian History 6, no.1 (2016): 1-30.
Jodamus, Johnathan. “Paul, the ‘Real’ Man: Constructions and Representations of Masculinity in 1 Corinthians.” Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa 23, no.2 (2017): 68-94.
Jodamus, Johnathan, “Muted scholarship in 1 Corinthians: A gender-critical enquiry.” Scriptura 118 (2019): 1-19.
Kaunda, Chammah J. and Sokfa F. John, “Introduction: African Pentecostalism, Genders, Sexualities and Spirituality,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, 1-16. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Kaunda, Chammah J., Nelly Mwale, Joseph Chita, and Mutale M. Kaunda. “‘Clean the Nation Spiritually:’ The Ministry of National Guidance and Religious Affairs (MNGRA) and the National Sexual Moral Order in Zambia,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, 119-34. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Kaunda, Mutale M. and Josephine Y. Towani. “An Appraisal of Pentecostal Children’s Understanding of Sex and Sexuality,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, 193-212. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, “Foreword,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, vii-xi. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Manyonganise, Molly. “Publicizing the ‘Private:’ New Pentecostal Movements in Zimbabwe and the Discourses on Sexuality,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, 51-65. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Mapulanga-Hulston, Jackie and Maureen M. Chikoya. “Zambian Pentecostalism, Gender-Based Violence and Human Rights of Victims,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, 101-17. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Mapuranga, Tapiwa P. “Moving Forward in Reverse Gear? Sexuality, Dress and Public Spaces in Harare,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, 35-49. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Masenya, Madipoane. “Foreword,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, v-vi. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Mbabazi, Isaac K. “Congolese Pentecostalism, Gender and Sexual Orientation,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, 347-74. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Moore, Stephen D. God’s Beauty Parlor and Other Queer Spaces in and Around the Bible. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001.
Nadar, Sarojini and Johnathan Jodamus. “‘Sanctifying Sex:’ Exploring ‘Indecent’ Sexual Imagery in Pentecostal Liturgical Practices.” Journal for the Study of Religion 32, no.1 (2019): 1-20.
Ngong, David T. “The Ideal Does Not Exist on Earth: Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in African Pentecostalism,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, 151-68. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Nyawo, Sonene. “Interaction Between Societal Constructions on Women Fertility and African Pentecostalism: A Seedbed for Gender-Based Violence in Swaziland,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, 81-100. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Tamale, Sylvia. “Exploring the contours of African sexualities: Religion, law and power.” African Human Rights Law Journal 14, no.1 (2014): 150-77.
Togarasei, Lovemore, “Problematizing the Use of the Bible in the Human Sexuality and Pentecostal Spirituality Debate,” in Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: ‘Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit,’ edited by Chammah J. Kaunda, 19-34. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Townsley, Gillian. The Straight Mind in Corinth: Queer Readings Across 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2017.
Van Klinken, Adriaan. “Homosexuality, politics and Pentecostal nationalism in Zambia.” Studies in World Christianity 20, no.3 (2014): 259-81.
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Chammah J. Kaunda (ed.), Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: “Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit.”. (2021). African Journal of Gender and Religion, 27(2). https://doi.org/10.14426/ajgr.v27i2.1050
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Johnathan Jodamus, University of the Western Cape
Johnathan Jodamus is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Religion and Theology at the University of the Western Cape.
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Chammah J. Kaunda (ed.), Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: “Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit.”. (2021). African Journal of Gender and Religion, 27(2). https://doi.org/10.14426/ajgr.v27i2.1050