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Women of Fire and Spirit - Faith, History, and Gender in Roho Religion in Western Kenya (Hardcover, New)
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Women of Fire and Spirit - Faith, History, and Gender in Roho Religion in Western Kenya (Hardcover, New)
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The African Christian Roho religion, or Holy Spirit movement, is a
charismatic and prophetic movement that arose in the Luo region of
western Kenya. This movement has fascinated students of history and
religion for more than sixty years, but surprisingly has not been
extensively studied. This book fills that lacuna.
In Women of Fire and Spirit, Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton uses the
extensive oral histories and life narratives of active participants
in the faith, giving them full voice in constructing the history of
their Church. In doing so, she counter-balances the existing
historical literature, which draws heavily on colonial records.
Hoehler-Fatton's sources call into question the paradigm of
"schism" that has dominated the discussion of African independent
Christianity. Faith, rather than schism or politics, emerges here
as the hallmark of Roho religion.
Hoehler-Fatton's book is doubly unusual in foregrounding the role
of women in the evolution and expansion of their Church. She traces
the gradual transformation of women's involvement from the early
years when--drawing on indigenous models of female spirit
possession--women acted as soldiers, headed congregations, and
served as pastors, to the present condition of Western-style
institutionalization and exclusion for women. Despite this
marginalization, women members continue to be inspired by the
defiance of past heroines.
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