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Jesus for Zanzibar : narratives of Pentecostal (non-)belonging, Islam, and nation
- Title
- Jesus for Zanzibar : narratives of Pentecostal (non-)belonging, Islam, and nation / by Hans Olsson.
- Author
- Olsson, Hans (Researcher)
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- ©2019
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- Description
- xiv, 275 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Series Statement
- Studies of religion in Africa: supplements to the Journal of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; Volume 48
- Uniform Title
- Studies on religion in Africa ; 48.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction (Pentecostal Christianity in Africa ; A relational approach ; Fieldwork) -- 2. The scene (The Swahili Coast, Zanzibar, and struggles for belonging ; Uamsho: Islamic awakening ; Christianity in Zanzibar) -- 3. The migrant (The precarious search for a better life ; Becoming saved ; Salvation and the good life) --4. The church (The pastor ; Spiritual kin ; A vital participation?) -- 5. The public (The CCC goes public ; Violence ; The quest to make public) -- 6. The union (Pentecostal approaches to the union ; Christianity, Islam and the secular union ; The union and religious difference) -- 7. Narratives of Pentecostal (non-)belonging (Pentecostal Christianity as a second culture ; Temporalities, shifting statuses, and the impact of mission ; "Jesus for Zanzibar").
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-196
- ISBN
- 9789004406810
- 9004406816
- 9789004410367 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019025583
- OCLC
- 1101281303
- Author
- Olsson, Hans (Researcher), author.
- Title
- Jesus for Zanzibar : narratives of Pentecostal (non-)belonging, Islam, and nation / by Hans Olsson.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies of religion in Africa: supplements to the Journal of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; Volume 48Studies on religion in Africa ; 48.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-196