Discontinuity and discourse of conversion
This paper focuses on the conversion narrative of a man in the Johane Masowe weChishanu Church, an apostolic church in Zimbabwe. Taking up recent discussions within anthropology on Pentecostal and charismatic churches, the author shows how apostolics talk about conversion as a distinct break with ...
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Type de support: | Imprimé Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2004
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Journal of religion in Africa
Année: 2004, Volume: 34, Numéro: 1-2, Pages: 89-109 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Église
B Association de personnes B Étude de cas B Église indépendante B Simbabwe B Communauté religieuse |
Résumé: | This paper focuses on the conversion narrative of a man in the Johane Masowe weChishanu Church, an apostolic church in Zimbabwe. Taking up recent discussions within anthropology on Pentecostal and charismatic churches, the author shows how apostolics talk about conversion as a distinct break with 'African custom'. It is argued that anthropologists of religion need to take such narratives of discontinuity seriously because they allow us to understand better the dynamics of religious change. (J Relig Afr/DÜI) |
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ISSN: | 0022-4200 |
Contient: | In: Journal of religion in Africa
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