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 r...

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Main Author: Premawardhana, Devaka (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Series/Journal:Contemporary ethnography
Contemporary Ethnography Ser
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mozambique / Pentecostal churches / Social mobility
RelBib Classification:KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B social mobility Mozambique
B Pentecostal Churches Mozambique
B Mozambique Religious life and customs
B Residential Mobility Mozambique
B Makhuwa (African people) Mozambique
B Pentecostalism Mozambique
B Electronic books
B Conversion
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Print version: Premawardhana, Devaka: Pentecostalism in Rural Mozambique : Existential Mobility and Everyday Life. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2018. - 9780812249989
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Summary: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.
Cover -- Contents -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record
ISBN:081229484X