Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Warwick, 2006 under title: Women of valour : professional women in South African Pentecostal churches.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-295) and index.

Preliminary Material / M. Frahm-Arp -- Chapter One. Beginning A Journey With Pentecostal Charismatic Christians / M. Frahm-Arp -- Chapter Two. South Africa At The Beginning Of The Twenty-First Century / M. Frahm-Arp -- Chapter Three. Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity In South Africa / M. Frahm-Arp -- Chapter Four. His People Christian Ministries: Raising The Leaders Of Africa / M. Frahm-Arp -- Chapter Five. Grace Bible Church: A Landmark In Soweto / M. Frahm-Arp -- Chapter Six. Joining A Church And Negotiating Cultural Dislocation / M. Frahm-Arp -- Chapter Seven. Professional Women And The Message Of Purpose / M. Frahm-Arp -- Chapter Eight. Singleness, Sexuality And The Dream Of Marriage / M. Frahm-Arp -- Chapter Nine. Marriage And The Making Of The Nuclear Family / M. Frahm-Arp -- Chapter Ten. Leaving The Pentecostal Charismatic Churches / M. Frahm-Arp -- Appendix One. Table Of Interview Details / M. Frahm-Arp -- Appendix Two. Professional Women In South Africa / M. Frahm-Arp -- Appendix Three. Research Questions / M. Frahm-Arp -- Bibliography / M. Frahm-Arp -- Index / M. Frahm-Arp.

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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.