Jesus for Zanzibar: narratives of Pentecostal (non-)belonging, Islam, and nation
"In Jesus for Zanzibar: Narratives of Pentecostal (Non)Belonging, Islam, and Nation Hans Olsson offers an ethnographic account of the lived experience and socio-political significance of newly arriving Pentecostal Christians in the Muslim majority setting of Zanzibar. This work analyzes how a d...
| Published in: | Studies of religion in Africa |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2019
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| In: |
Studies of religion in Africa (volume 48)
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| Series/Journal: | Studies of religion in Africa
volume 48 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Zanzibar
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Islam
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| Further subjects: | B
Christianity and other religions
Islam
B Zanzibar Religion B Islam Relations Christianity B Tanzania Religion B Thesis B City Christian Center (Zanzibar) |
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| Summary: | "In Jesus for Zanzibar: Narratives of Pentecostal (Non)Belonging, Islam, and Nation Hans Olsson offers an ethnographic account of the lived experience and socio-political significance of newly arriving Pentecostal Christians in the Muslim majority setting of Zanzibar. This work analyzes how a disputed political partnership between Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania intersects with the construction of religious identities. Undertaken at a time of political tensions, the case study of Zanzibar's largest Pentecostal church, the City Christian Center, outlines religious belonging as relationally filtered in-between experiences of social insecurity, altered minority / majority positions, and spiritual powers. Hans Olsson shows that Pentecostal Christianity, as a signifier of (un)wanted social change, exemplifies contested processes of becoming in Zanzibar that capitalizes on, and creates meaning out of, religious difference and ambient political tensions"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004410368 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004410367 |