ISBN:
9789004410367
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 291 Seiten)
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Serie:
Studies of religion in Africa volume 48
Serie:
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390898
Serie:
Studies of religion in Africa
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Olsson, Hans Jesus for Zanzibar
Dissertationsvermerk:
Dissertation Lund University 2016
Schlagwort(e):
City Christian Center (Zanzibar)
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Christianity and other religions Islam
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Islam Relations
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Christianity
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Tanzania Religion
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Zanzibar Religion
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
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Sansibar
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Pfingstbewegung
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Islam
Kurzfassung:
"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"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004410367
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