Migration, Vodou, and Pentecostalism: Haitian Immigrants ; their Conversion and Involvement in Pentecostal Churches

In this article, I analyze the key characteristic of Haitian Pentecostalism abroad through a literature review. Research on this topic shows that Haitian Pentecostal communities in foreign countries are part of a worldview with a common thread: the rejection of Vodou spirits. Scholarship analyzes th...

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1. VerfasserIn: Orellana, Felipe (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer International Publishing 2021
In: International journal of Latin American religions
Jahr: 2021, Band: 5, Heft: 2, Seiten: 484-500
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Haiti / Pfingstbewegung / Diaspora (Religion) / Konversion (Religion) / Zugehörigkeit
RelBib Classification:CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
CH Christentum und Gesellschaft
FD Kontextuelle Theologie
KBR Lateinamerika
KDG Freikirche
RH Evangelisation; christliche Medien
weitere Schlagwörter:B Migration process
B Haitian Pentecostalism
B Ethnic churches
B Vodou Spirits (lwa)
B Conversion
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Zusammenfassung:In this article, I analyze the key characteristic of Haitian Pentecostalism abroad through a literature review. Research on this topic shows that Haitian Pentecostal communities in foreign countries are part of a worldview with a common thread: the rejection of Vodou spirits. Scholarship analyzes the conversion process to Pentecostalism as a mechanism for severing the ties with Vodou spirits and a common element of Haitian Pentecostals in host societies. In the conclusion, I propose that the study on Haitian Pentecostalism is a worthwhile resource in the analysis of Latin American Pentecostalism. Moreover, the conversion in the Haitian case has a spiritual basis that has not been identified in the Latin American case. This spiritual basis allows the comparison between Haitian and Latin American Pentecostalism and, in this way, contributes to the understanding of the Pentecostal movement.
ISSN:2509-9965
Enthält:Enthalten in: International journal of Latin American religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s41603-021-00149-z