radical individual change. In Lebanon and Cameroon, women experience con- version as relational rather than individ- ual. They see it as a modern way to liberation from parental and family con- trol, but by no means a way to liberation from men’s dominance. Accepting this dominance is suffused with spiritual meaning when women converts marry Pentecostal men. Women of the Sydney Hillsong megachurch reproduce the model of masculine dominance; their bodies and conspicuous consumption at- test to the economic prosperity of their husbands, thus becoming an advertise- ment of Jesus. Migration further complicates the issue of women’s search for economic stability, balanced life and symbolic re- sources through conversion. Matrimonial choices and rituals of exorcism, as per- formed by African migrants in Canada and France, are pivotal experiences of shifting, often ambivalent gender rela- tions. Diverging patterns of employment within the churches exemplify structural gender inequalities. Usually, women oc- cupy voluntary and part-time jobs, while men occupy the highest positions of pas- tor and leader of the community. This generalised disparity does not imply that there is a single value system at work, but diversity in terms of values and local socioeconomic circumstances. For in- stance, widespread church leadership of the pair husband-pastor/wife-prophetess inspires diverging interpretations in the different case studies, as different values and encompassing social frameworks favour this leadership in the different settings. The last two case studies, situated respectively in Sweden and Brazil, argue that long-term national policies in the area of gender, economy and social inequalities have strong interlocking dimensions with Pentecostal women’s growing access to high office in the churches and in the political apparatus of their country. Overall, by bringing together case studies from a large range of geographical settings, the collection tackles the relations between local and congregation- level transformations of gender, and global Pentecostal models by making apparent the crucial role of national dynamics and cultural values. This rich book has great potential for inspiring further dialogue beyond Pentecostalism, with studies of other conservative and patriarchal movements within Christianity, as well as for instance with Islam, where women’s role and subjectivity have recently spurred fruitful debate. Beyond, this volume contributes to the understanding of the shifting complexities of the contemporary con- struction and practice of gender. DETELINA TOCHEVA CNRS-EPHE (France) Meinert, Lotte and Bruce Kapferer (eds.) 2015. In the event: toward an anthropology of generic moments. New York: Berghahn Books. 180 pp. Pb.: US$24.95. ISBN: 9781782388890. This edited volume stakes out a succinct programme for the anthropological ana- lysis of events. Comprising an introduc- tion and nine ethnographic chapters, the book is guided by a coherent analytical orientation: the ethnography of events should not merely be mobilised as exem- plifying illustrations of social wholes, but rather as singular ‘generative moments’, entailing the potential both to reveal otherwise hidden social fissures and to impact on the course of history. The Introduction, authored by Kapferer, provides a critical review of 124 REVIEWS © 2017 European Association of Social Anthropologists.