Jesus for Zanzibar : narratives of Pentecostal (non-)belonging, Islam, and nation / by Hans Olsson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olsson, Hans (Researcher), author.

Series:

Studies of Religion in Africa; volume48.

Studies of Religion in Africa; volume48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions--Islam.

Christianity and other religions.

Islam--Relations--Christianity.

Islam.

Tanzania--Religion.

Tanzania.

Zanzibar--Religion.

Zanzibar.

City Christian Center (Zanzibar).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Figures

Swahili Glossary

Introduction

The Scene

The Migrant

The Church

The Public

The Union

Narratives of Pentecostal (Non-)Belonging

Back Matter

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004410367

9004410368

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004410367 DOI