Search for dissertations about: "Pentecostal Christianity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Pentecostal Christianity.
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1. Christianity, Generation and Narrative : Religious Conversion and Change in Sidama, Ethiopia, 1974–2012
Abstract : This study presents narratives concerning religious conversion and change in Evangelical-Pentecostal Christian communities in the Sidama zone, Southern Ethiopia. The study is based on narrative data collected through field research, which mainly focuses on the period 1974–2012. READ MORE
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2. Jesus for Zanzibar : Narratives of Pentecostal Belonging, Islam, and Nation
Abstract : This study addresses the presence of religious difference in the Muslim-dominated cultural setting of Zanzibar, a context in which, in 2012, Christian minorities became targets in violent events directed against representations of the politically contested Union with Mainland Tanzania. As the attacked churches are primarily attended by people of non-island origins and the incidents were blamed on local Muslim-revival groups, the events posed questions about the political significance produced at the intersection of religious belonging, ethnonational origins, and Union politics. READ MORE
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3. Piety, Intimacy and Mobility : A Case Study of Charismatic Christianity in Present-day Stockholm
Abstract : Stockholm County is a post-industrial Swedish region characterized by high levels of mobility and technologization as well as ethnic and religious diversity. Among its religious minorities exist various strands of charismatic Christianity, some of which originate from the Pentecostal revival of the early 20th century and some of which belong to more recent movements. READ MORE
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4. "We Are In-Between". : Health-seeking, Gender and Authority in a Charismatic Church in Mbeya, Tanzania
Abstract : This study examines health-seeking, healing practices, gender and authority in a charismatic, locally founded church, the International Church for Healing and Glory (ICHG) in Mbeya, Tanzania. Based on ten months of ethnographic fieldwork carried out in 2013 and 2014, it addresses the situation of people who resort to faith-healing in a medically pluralistic context. READ MORE
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5. Lived Pentecostalism in India : Middle Class Women and Their Everyday Religion
Abstract : In recent decades, the Pentecostal movement in India has not only grown significantly, it has also become increasingly diverse. While the majority of the movement’s adherents still belong to marginalized groups in Indian society, middle-class Pentecostals are growing in number and changing the dynamics and identity of the movement. READ MORE