Rebuilding social relationships in contexts of refuge: spiritual kinship among Congolese in Kampala (Uganda)

This article examines how Congolese Pentecostal refugees in Kampala rebuild social relationships through the idiom and practice of spiritual kinship. Early studies of Pentecostalism emphasised individual and intergenerational rupture, and the weakening of kinship ties. The latter was interpreted as...

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Autor principal: Gusman, Alessandro (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2025
En: Journal of Eastern African studies
Año: 2025, Volumen: 19, Número: 3, Páginas: 448-464
Otras palabras clave:B Pentecostalism
B spiritual kinship
B urban displacement
B Congolese refugees
B Uganda
B kin-work
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