Faith in Flux - Pentecostalism and Mobility in Rural Mozambique

Recent reports on Pentecostalism in the global South give the impression of an inexorable trajectory of massive growth, but Faith in Flux examines the religion's ambivalent reception in northern Mozambique, locating vital insight in the overlooked places where this religion has failed to take root.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART I. Othama—To Move

Chapter 1. A Fugitive People

Chapter 2. Between the River and the Road

PART II. Ohiya ni Ovolowa—To Leave and to Enter

Chapter 3. Border Crossings

Chapter 4. Two Feet In, Two Feet Out

PART III. Okhalano—To Be With

Chapter 5. A Religion of Her Own?

Chapter 6. Moved by the Spirit

Conclusion

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Acknowledgments

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Devaka Premawardhana is Assistant Professor of Religion at Emory University.

Zusammenfassung

Recent reports on Pentecostalism in the global South give the impression of an inexorable trajectory of massive growth, but Faith in Flux examines the religion's ambivalent reception in northern Mozambique, locating vital insight in the overlooked places where this religion has failed to take root.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Devaka Premawardhana
• Verlag: University of pennsylvania pr
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780812225105
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2510-5
• Seiten: 277
• Serie: Contemporary Ethnography
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien