The Holy Spirit in the household: Pentecostalism, gender, and neoliberalism in Mozambique

American Anthropologist

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 688-700

  Pfeiffer, James ^a   Gimbel Sherr, Kenneth ^a   Augusto, Orvalho Joaquim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

African Independent Churches; Inequality; Mozambique; Neoliberal; Pentecostal

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148998786     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2007.109.4.688     Document Type: Article

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