Co-authored by three anthropologists with long-term expertise studying Pentecostalism in Vanuatu, Angola, and Papua New Guinea/the Trobriand Islands respectively, Going to Pentecost offers a comparative study of Pentecostalism in Africa and Melanesia, focusing on key issues as economy, urban sociality, and healing. More than an ordinary comparative book, it recognizes the changing nature of religion in the contemporary world - in particular the emergence of "non-territorial" religion (which is no longer specific to places or cultures) - and represents an experimental approach to the study of…mehr
Co-authored by three anthropologists with long-term expertise studying Pentecostalism in Vanuatu, Angola, and Papua New Guinea/the Trobriand Islands respectively, Going to Pentecost offers a comparative study of Pentecostalism in Africa and Melanesia, focusing on key issues as economy, urban sociality, and healing. More than an ordinary comparative book, it recognizes the changing nature of religion in the contemporary world - in particular the emergence of "non-territorial" religion (which is no longer specific to places or cultures) - and represents an experimental approach to the study of global religious movements in general and Pentecostalism in particular.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Michelle MacCarthy is an Associate Professor at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada). She is the author of Making the Modern Primitive: Cultural Tourism in the Trobriand Islands (University of Hawaii Press, 2016).
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures Acknowledgements PART I: INTRODUCTIONS Introduction: Going to 'Pentecost': Outline of an Experiment Interlude: Locations in 'Pentecost' Reading Guide PART II: PRESENTATIONS FROM 'PENTECOST' Chapter 1. Borders in 'Pentecost': Creating Protected Spaces Chapter 2. Reconfiguring Life and Death: A New Moral Economy in 'Pentecost' Chapter 3. Anti-relativist Nostalgias and The Absolutist Road PART III: THEORIES FROM 'PENTECOST' Chapter 4. Borders and Abjections: Approaching Individualism in 'Pentecost' Chapter 5. Engaging with Theories of Neoliberalism and Prosperity Chapter 6. Ruptures and Encompassments: Towards an Absolute Truth PART IV: COMMENTS Chapter 7. Comparison Re-placed Matei Candea Chapter 8. Pentecostalism and Forms of Individualism Joel Robbins Chapter 9. Life at The End of Time: A Note on Comparison, 'Pentecost' and the Trobriands Bjørn Enge Bertelsen Chapter 10. Wealth versus Money in Pentecost: Why Is Money Good? Knut Rio Chapter 11. 'Pentecost' in The World Birgit Meyer Index
List of Figures Acknowledgements PART I: INTRODUCTIONS Introduction: Going to 'Pentecost': Outline of an Experiment Interlude: Locations in 'Pentecost' Reading Guide PART II: PRESENTATIONS FROM 'PENTECOST' Chapter 1. Borders in 'Pentecost': Creating Protected Spaces Chapter 2. Reconfiguring Life and Death: A New Moral Economy in 'Pentecost' Chapter 3. Anti-relativist Nostalgias and The Absolutist Road PART III: THEORIES FROM 'PENTECOST' Chapter 4. Borders and Abjections: Approaching Individualism in 'Pentecost' Chapter 5. Engaging with Theories of Neoliberalism and Prosperity Chapter 6. Ruptures and Encompassments: Towards an Absolute Truth PART IV: COMMENTS Chapter 7. Comparison Re-placed Matei Candea Chapter 8. Pentecostalism and Forms of Individualism Joel Robbins Chapter 9. Life at The End of Time: A Note on Comparison, 'Pentecost' and the Trobriands Bjørn Enge Bertelsen Chapter 10. Wealth versus Money in Pentecost: Why Is Money Good? Knut Rio Chapter 11. 'Pentecost' in The World Birgit Meyer Index
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