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Catholic Pentecostalism and the paradoxes of Africanization [electronic resource] : processes of localization in a Catholic Charismatic movement in Cameroon / by Ludovic Lado.

By: Series: Studies on religion in Africa ; 37.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789047442950
  • 9047442954
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Catholic Pentecostalism and the paradoxes of Africanization.DDC classification:
  • 282/.6711 22
LOC classification:
  • BX2350.57 .L33 2009eb
Other classification:
  • BG 9720
Online resources:
Contents:
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; General Introduction; Chapter One: From North America to Cameroon; Chapter Two: Misfortune Narratives in Ephphata; Chapter Three: A Typology of Spirit Possession; Chapter Four: Charismatic Prayer Sessions; Chapter Five: Therapeutic Strategies in Mangen; Chapter Six: Ritual Healing: Religion or Magic?; Chapter Seven: Ephphata in Paris; Chapter Eight: Paradoxes of Africanization; Chapter Nine: Anthropology and Philosophy in Africa; General Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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  • digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Summary: The anthropological literature on religious innovation and resistance in African Christianity has tended to focus almost exclusively on what have come to be known as African Independent Churches. This book explores the dialectics between 'Pentecostalization' and 'Africanization' within contemporary African Catholicism.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index.

List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; General Introduction; Chapter One: From North America to Cameroon; Chapter Two: Misfortune Narratives in Ephphata; Chapter Three: A Typology of Spirit Possession; Chapter Four: Charismatic Prayer Sessions; Chapter Five: Therapeutic Strategies in Mangen; Chapter Six: Ritual Healing: Religion or Magic?; Chapter Seven: Ephphata in Paris; Chapter Eight: Paradoxes of Africanization; Chapter Nine: Anthropology and Philosophy in Africa; General Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

The anthropological literature on religious innovation and resistance in African Christianity has tended to focus almost exclusively on what have come to be known as African Independent Churches. This book explores the dialectics between 'Pentecostalization' and 'Africanization' within contemporary African Catholicism.

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