%0 Book
%A Kurzewitz, Nora
%C Heidelberg
%D 2020
%F heidok:29049
%P 201
%R 10.11588/heidok.00029049
%T Gender and healing : the meaning of Pentecostalism for women in Costa Rica
%U https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/29049/
%X The study examines the reasons for the attractiveness of Pentecostalism for women in Costa Rica and its effects on them. It does not ask whether Pentecostalism has an oppressive or emancipatory effect on women, but rather which opportunities for action and development it offers them within the given conditions. Statements and practices of Pentecostal women are presented in order to reconstruct Pentecostal concepts in their own words. This is to show which resources and capacities women receive through Pentecostal beliefs and to point out which kind of plausibility, meaning and power the Pentecostal discourse holds for them. The focus is on inner healing which many women describe as a transformative experience. Their healing practices are genealogically contextualized in order to show to what extent local and global discourses are negotiated in them. Finally, the healing discourse is located within the religious context, thus analyzing continuities, discontinuities and interactions between Pentecostalism, the Catholic official Church and lay religiosity as well as the specific details of the Pentecostal healing discourse.
%Z Die deutschsprachige Originalfassung der Dissertation ist im transcript-Verlag erschienen unter dem Titel "Gender und Heilung. Die Bedeutung des Pentekostalismus für Frauen in Costa Rica": ISBN 978-3-8376-5175-1 | DOI https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839451755).   Die englischsprachige Übersetzung ist bei HeiDok veröffentlicht.