Transnational Religious Organization and Practice / Stanley J. Valayil C. Jonn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

John, Stanley J. Valayil C., author.

Series:

Global Pentecostal and Charismatic studies ; Volume 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 228 p.) ill

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

In Transnational Religious Organization and Practice Stanley John provides the first in-depth analysis of a migrant Christian community in the Arabian Gulf. The book explores how Kerala (South India) Pentecostal churches in Kuwait organize and practice their Christian faith, given the status of their congregants as temporary economic migrants and noting that the transient status heightens their transnational orientation toward their homeland in India.The research follows a twofold agenda: first, examining the unique sociopolitical and migrational context within which the KPCs function, and second, analyzing the transnational character and structural patterns that have emerged in this context. The ethnographic research identifies and analyzes the emerging structures and practices of the KPCs through three lenses: networks, agents, and mission. This study concludes with a proposal for an interdisciplinary theoretical framework to be employed in the study of transnational religious communities.

Contents:

Diaspora Pentecostal churches in an era of world ChristianityThe context of Kerala Pentecostal churches in KuwaitDemographic analysis of transnational fieldsConceptualizing temporary economic migrationThe history of Christianity in the transnational fieldsTransnational religious organization and practiceTransnational ecclesial networksTransnational ecclesial agentsTransnational practice of faith: mission of the churchKerala Pentecostal churches in mission.

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