September 30, 2025

Divergence, Gender, Violence, and Liberation: Four Questions from Six Different Readings of Seductive Spirits

Key Points

Homewood's response tackles four pivotal questions raised about his book's themes.
The discourse around divergence and liberation reflects both agreement and disagreement with reviewers.
The focus lies on gender dynamics within the context of Ghanaian Pentecostalism and its cultural implications.
The examination of violence in relation to spiritual and social narratives is a vital aspect of the reviews.

Abstract

Abstract Nathanael Homewood offers a response to six review articles of his book Seductive Spirits: Deliverance, Demons, and Sexual Worldmaking in Ghanaian Pentecostalism. In his response, Homewood pulls out four crucial questions from the reviews revolving around themes of divergence, gender, violence, and liberation, offering both agreement and disagreement with his readers.

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Nathanael J. Homewood (Wed,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68dc1e438a7d58c25ebb21f6 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5325/jafrireli.13.1.0140

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Journals

Journal of Africana Religions

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University of Minnesota System

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