Jesus for Zanzibar: narratives of Pentecostal (non-)belonging, Islam, and nation
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Figures -- Swahili Glossary -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Pentecostal Christianity in Africa -- A Relational Approach -- Fieldwork -- Chapter 2 The Scene -- The Swahili Coast, Zanzibar, and Struggles for Belonging -- Uamsho: Islamic Awakening...
| Subtitles: | Jesus for Zanzibar$dnarratives of Pentecostal belonging, Islam, and Nation$hHans Olsson |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2019
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| In: |
Studies of religion in Africa (volume 48)
Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies of religion in Africa
volume 48 Studies of religion in Africa volume 48 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
City Christian Centre
/ Christianity
/ Islam
/ Tanzania
/ Religion
/ Religious organization
/ Zanzibar
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Religious ethnology
/ National consciousness
/ Religious policy
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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) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Figures -- Swahili Glossary -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Pentecostal Christianity in Africa -- A Relational Approach -- Fieldwork -- Chapter 2 The Scene -- The Swahili Coast, Zanzibar, and Struggles for Belonging -- Uamsho: Islamic Awakening -- Christianity in Zanzibar -- Chapter 3 The Migrant -- The Precarious Search for a Better Life -- Becoming Saved -- Salvation and the Good Life -- Chapter 4 The Church -- The Pastor -- Spiritual Kin -- A Vital Participation? -- Chapter 5 The Public -- The CCC Goes Public -- Violence -- The Quest to Make Public -- Chapter 6 The Union -- Pentecostal Approaches to the Union -- Christianity, Islam, and the Secular Union -- The Union and Religious Difference -- Chapter 7 Narratives of Pentecostal (Non-)Belonging -- Pentecostal Christianity as a Second Culture -- Temporalities, Shifting Statuses, and the Impact of Mission -- "Jesus for Zanzibar" -- Bibliography -- Interview List: Members of the City Christian Center -- Other Interviews -- Sermons -- Cited Material -- Index. "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: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite [235] - 264 Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004406816 |