Jose Leonardo Santos

Evangelicalism and Masculinity (eBook, ePUB)

Faith and Gender in El Salvador

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The explosion of the Evangelical movement in Latin America beginning in the last half of the 20th century has changed the face of a continent. Many men have redefined themselves through a religious conversion to Evangelicalism, which challenges notions of machismo. This book explores why they would choose to do so. While they abandon drinking, promiscuity, domestic violence, and aggression, Evangelical converts maintain a strict set of gender roles, which they perceived as a divine mandate. This dramatic change is made possible through the device of an Evangelical Worldview, experienced and lived as cosmic narrative that obligates a Christian masculinity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739168691
• Artikelnr.: 56795580

Autorenporträt

Jose Leonardo Santos is assistant professor of social science at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Religion and Gender
Chapter 3: The Evangelical Worldview Story
Chapter 4: Evangelical Masculinity
Chapter 5: Catholic and Evangelical Worlds
Chapter 6: Evangelical Narratives