Item Detail
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26006
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9
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8
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English
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"We Have Prophetesses" : Mormonism in Ghana, 1964-79
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Journal of Mormon History
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July 2015
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41
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3
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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221-257
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This article analyzes how Mormonism serves as a useful lens for understanding the matrix of race, gender, and religion in post-colonial Ghana. The distinctive path that Mormonism took in Ghana, free as it was from any Mormon missionary influence, compels students to assess the manner and degree in which Mormonism qualifies as an African independent church. The Ghanaian Mormon community subverted the American Mormon establishment not only by inviting other theological influences but also by encouraging Ghanaian women to wield the same ecclesiastical authority as their male peers. [From the article]
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