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Professional Women in South African Pentecostal Charismatic Churches

Professional Women in South African Pentecostal Charismatic Churches 282 Book Reviews / Pneuma 33 (2011) 277-324 Maria Frahm-Arp, Professional Women in South African Pentecostal Charismatic Churches , Supplements to the Journal of Religion in Africa Volume 38 (Leiden: Brill, 2010). xvi + 298 pp. Hardback $154.00. In Professional Women in South African Pentecostal Charismatic Churches , South African sociologist Maria Frahm-Arp examines the connections between religious participation and economic mobility. Based on 2004 fieldwork conducted in two congregations, Professional Women utilizes participant observation, focus groups, and qualitative interviews. Frahm- Arp focuses on young black professional women outside of Johannesburg, who face a white male-dominated workplace even after apartheid. She asks why “politically and economi- cally emancipated women choose to join a form of Christianity that ideologically seems to oppress them” (122). Frahm-Arp concludes that Pentecostal Charismatic churches pro- vide women invaluable and otherwise unavailable social capital such as mentoring, skills- development, and positive affirmation, all of which enable women better to navigate corporate life. The author also demonstrates how the two churches re-imagine gender, mothering, and African identity in post-apartheid South Africa. The first half of the book contextualizes the research project by describing the following: introduction (chapter one); South African history and culture (chapter two); http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pneuma Brill

Professional Women in South African Pentecostal Charismatic Churches

Attanasi, Katherine
Pneuma , Volume 33 (2): 282 – Jan 1, 2011
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© 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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282 Book Reviews / Pneuma 33 (2011) 277-324 Maria Frahm-Arp, Professional Women in South African Pentecostal Charismatic Churches , Supplements to the Journal of Religion in Africa Volume 38 (Leiden: Brill, 2010). xvi + 298 pp. Hardback $154.00. In Professional Women in South African Pentecostal Charismatic Churches , South African sociologist Maria Frahm-Arp examines the connections between religious participation and economic mobility. Based on 2004 fieldwork conducted in two congregations, Professional Women utilizes participant observation, focus groups, and qualitative interviews. Frahm- Arp focuses on young black professional women outside of Johannesburg, who face a white male-dominated workplace even after apartheid. She asks why “politically and economi- cally emancipated women choose to join a form of Christianity that ideologically seems to oppress them” (122). Frahm-Arp concludes that Pentecostal Charismatic churches pro- vide women invaluable and otherwise unavailable social capital such as mentoring, skills- development, and positive affirmation, all of which enable women better to navigate corporate life. The author also demonstrates how the two churches re-imagine gender, mothering, and African identity in post-apartheid South Africa. The first half of the book contextualizes the research project by describing the following: introduction (chapter one); South African history and culture (chapter two);

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