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Santos, Jose Leonardo.

Evangelicalism and Masculinity Faith and Gender in El Salvador. [electronic resource] : - Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012. - 1 online resource (149 p.)

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Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Religion and Gender; 3 The Evangelical Worldview Story; 4 Evangelical Masculinity; 5 Catholic and Evangelical Worlds; 6 Evangelical Narrative; Bibliography; Index

Evangelicalism makes use of gendered stories that appeal to cosmic justifications for Christian manhood and womanhood. In a poverty-stricken, violent, unstable environment, many Salvadoran men reject their own masculinity in favor of this new, spiritually transformed ideal.

ISBN: 9780739168691 (electronic bk.) 073916869X (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Evangelistic work -- El Salvador -- History.
Men (Christian theology).
Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Evangelistic work--History.--El Salvador
Men (Christian theology)
Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity.
RELIGION / Christianity / History

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BV3777.S2 S26 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 277.284/0830811 277.2840830811