The growth of the literature on Afro-American, Latin American and African Pentecostalism

HOW can one go beyond the existing Compartmentalisation of the research on Pentecostalism, and still escape the danger of using terms and observed traits in certain movements as if they were general categories? The danger of imposing a ‘white' Pentecostal model also exists. The road followed in...

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Published in:Journal of contemporary religion
Main Author: Corten, André 1937-2019 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. [1997]
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:HOW can one go beyond the existing Compartmentalisation of the research on Pentecostalism, and still escape the danger of using terms and observed traits in certain movements as if they were general categories? The danger of imposing a ‘white' Pentecostal model also exists. The road followed in this text places the literature in its socio-cultural conditions and traditions. To be noted is that while it is in Africa that we find the oldest literature (end of the 1940s), with British and French researchers dominating, it is in Latin America that the literature, usually written by Latin Americans, is most plentiful (about 20 books). Interestingly, it is on black US churches that the lack is greatest! This review concludes by arguing for the need of theoretical tools to study religion as a transnational phenomenon.
ISSN:1469-9419
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13537909708580808