A01=Diane J. Austin-Broos
africa
african
american
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belief
british
caribbean
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christian
christianity
church
class
colonialism
colony
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ethical
ethics
faith
freedom
gender
geographic
geography
happiness
historical
history
locale
morals
nation
pentecostal
pentecostalism
phenomenon
political
politics
race
religion
religious studies
revival
revivalism
sexuality
sin
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Product details
- ISBN 9780226032863
- Weight: 482g
- Dimensions: 16 x 23mm
- Publication Date: 02 Sep 1997
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This study examines how Pentecostalism has managed to achieve such ascendancy in a former British colony among people of predominantly African descent. This book argues that it has flourished because it successfully mediates between two historically central, yet often oppositional themes in Jamaican religious life: the characteristic African striving for personal freedom and happiness, and the Protestant struggle for atonement and salvation through rigorous ethical piety. The author of this work considers that, with its emphasis on the individual experience of grace and on the ritual efficacy of spiritual healing, and with its vibrantly expressive worship, Jamaican Pentecostalism has become a compelling vehicle for the negotiation of such fundamental issues as gender, sexuality, race and class. She intends the book to address all those concerned, not simply with Caribbean studies, but with the ongoing transformation of religion and culture.
