Pneumoeroticism: An Erotic Hermeneutic of Body and Spirit in Ghanaian Pentecostalism
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bongmba, Elias K. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Kripal, Jeffrey J. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Homewood, Nathanael J. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-17T15:53:13Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-01T05:01:08Z | en_US |
| dc.date.created | 2018-08 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-06-07 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | August 2018 | en_US |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-05-17T15:53:14Z | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Relying on ethnographic data from 8 months of fieldwork in Accra, Ghana, my dissertation examines the centrality of sex and sexuality in Pentecostal deliverance. In particular, turning to the senses, it demonstrates how the ubiquity of sex and sexuality in deliverance is vital to the Pentecostal view of body and spirit and the relationship between those entities. From a masturbating man, to the spirits of lesbianism, to sexual experiences with spirits and spirit animals, sex is used to expand the definition of the body beyond its fleshy boundaries and to make spirits immanent. To capture interpret these sexualized phenomenon, the dissertation concludes by offering a hermeneutic that I call pneumoeroticism. | en_US |
| dc.embargo.terms | 2019-08-01 | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Homewood, Nathanael J.. "Pneumoeroticism: An Erotic Hermeneutic of Body and Spirit in Ghanaian Pentecostalism." (2018) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105813">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105813</a>. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105813 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pentecostalism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sexuality | en_US |
| dc.title | Pneumoeroticism: An Erotic Hermeneutic of Body and Spirit in Ghanaian Pentecostalism | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.material | Text | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | Religious Studies | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Humanities | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Rice University | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en_US |
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