Professional Women In South African Pentecostal Charismatic Churches

Download or read book Professional Women in South African Pentecostal Charismatic Churches written by Maria Frahm-Arp and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives a unique insight into the changing shape of contemporary religion examining the new role that Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity plays in the lives of young, professional, black women who are enjoying career success and becoming part of South Africa's new middle class. Amongst these women an interesting relationship has emerged between work and religion as they feel that the social networks and self confidence they gain from their religious communities are as important as their spiritual experiences. But not all the women who join these churches remain, and this book explores why some women leave the churches in which they had previously felt they gained so much.