van Klinken, A orcid.org/0000-0003-2011-5537 and Obadare, E (2018) Christianity, Sexuality and Citizenship in Africa: Critical Intersections. Citizenship Studies, 22 (6). pp. 557-568. ISSN 1362-1025
Abstract
Citizenship in sub-Saharan Africa has undergone profound changes in recent decades as part of wider social and political dynamics. One notable development is the emergence of Christianity, especially in its Pentecostal-Charismatic forms, as a public religion. Christian actors, beliefs and practices have increasingly come to manifest themselves in the public sphere, actively engage with politics, define narratives of nationhood, and shape notions of citizenship. A second major development is the emergence of sexuality as a critical site of citizenship and nationhood in postcolonial Africa. On the one hand, many political and religious leaders are invested in a popular ideology of the heterosexual family as the basis of nation-building, while on the other hand, LGBT communities are becoming more visible and claim recognition from the state. The contributions to this special issue engage these two contrasting developments, examining the interconnections between Christianity, sexuality and citizenship empirically and theoretically through case studies in various African contexts and from several academic disciplines and critical perspectives.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Citizenship Studies on 11 Jul 2018 available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2018.1494900 |
Keywords: | Africa; Christianity; Pentecostalism; Sexuality; Citizenship |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > Theology and Religious Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2018 10:37 |
Last Modified: | 11 Jan 2020 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13621025.2018.1494900 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:129899 |