Moving by the Spirit Pentecostal Social Life on the Zambian Copperbelt - The Anthropology of Christianity

Drawing on two years of ethnographic research, Naomi Haynes explores Pentecostal Christianity in the kind of community where it often flourishes: a densely populated neighborhood in the heart of an extraction economy. On the Zambian Copperbelt, Pentecostal adherence embeds believers in relationships that help them to "move" and progress in life. These efforts give Copperbelt Pentecostalism its particular local character, shaping ritual practice, gender dynamics, and church economics. Focusing on the promises and problems that Pentecostalism presents, Moving by the Spirit highlights this religion's role in making life possible in structurally adjusted Africa.

ISBN:	9780520294257
Publisher:	University of California Press
Imprint:	University of California Press
Published date:	28 Mar 2017
Language:	English
Number of pages:	224
Weight:	314g
Height:	151mm
Width:	228mm
Spine width:	17mm

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