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Violent Conversion - Brazilian Pentecostalism and Urban Women in Mozambique (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,497
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Violent Conversion - Brazilian Pentecostalism and Urban Women in Mozambique (Hardcover): Linda van de Kamp

Violent Conversion - Brazilian Pentecostalism and Urban Women in Mozambique (Hardcover)

Linda van de Kamp

Series: Religion in Transforming Africa

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Examines Pentecostal conversion as a force of change, revealing new insights into its dominant role in global Christianity today. There has been an extraordinary growth in Pentecostalism in Africa, with Brazilian Pentecostals establishing new transnational Christian connections, initiating widespread changes not only in religious practice but in society. This book describes its rise in Maputo, capital of Mozambique, and the sometimes dramatic impact of Pentecostalism on women. Here large numbers of urban women are taking advantage of the opportunities Pentecostalism offers to overcome restrictions at home, pioneer new life spaces and change their lives through the power of the Holy Spirit. Yet, conversion can also mean a violent rupturing with tradition, with family and with social networks. As the pastors encourage women to cut their ties with the past, including ancestral spirits, they come to see their kin and husbands as imbued with evil powers, and many leave their families. Conquering spheres that used to be forbidden to them, they often live alone as unmarried women, sometimes earning more than men of a similar age. They are also expected to donate huge sums to the churches, often money that they can ill afford, bringing new hardships. Linda van de Kamp is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Imprint: James Currey
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Religion in Transforming Africa
Release date: October 2016
First published: 2016
Authors: Linda van de Kamp
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 978-1-84701-152-7
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > Pentecostal Churches
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > Pentecostal Churches
Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > Pentecostal Churches
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LSN: 1-84701-152-7
Barcode: 9781847011527

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