Evangelicalism and Masculinity [electronic resource] : Faith and Gender in El Salvador.
Publication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (149 p.)ISBN:- 9780739168691 (electronic bk.)
- 073916869X (electronic bk.)
- 277.284/0830811 277.2840830811
- BV3777.S2 S26 2012
Description based upon print version of record.
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.
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