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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Auteur principal: Engelke, Matthew 1972- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2004
Dans: 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
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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)
ISSN:0022-4200
Contient:In: Journal of religion in Africa