Professional women in South African Pentecostal Charismatic churches [electronic resource] /
by Maria Frahm-Arp.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 302 p.) : ill.
- Studies of religion in Africa, v. 38 0169-9814 ; .
- Studies on religion in Africa ; v. 38. .
Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Warwick, 2006 under title: Women of valour : professional women in South African Pentecostal churches. Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-295) and index.
Beginning a journey with Pentecostal Charismatic Christians -- South Africa at the beginning of the twenty-first century -- Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity in South Africa -- His People Christian ministries : raising the leaders of Africa -- Grace Bible Church : a landmark in Soweto -- Joining a church and negotiating cultural dislocation -- Professional women and the message of purpose -- Singleness, sexuality and the dream of marriage -- Marriage and the making of the nuclear family -- Leaving the Pentecostal Charismatic churches.