Chasing Religion in the Caribbean

Ethnographic Journeys from Antigua to Trinidad

Peter Marina (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

242 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-56099-5 (ISBN)

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Focusing on ten islands through the Caribbean, this ethnography examines how charismatic religious leaders develop creative transnational religious networking strategies that help spread the movement and increase its potential to become a greater force in shaping the future in the English-speaking Caribbean. The large and explosive global Charismatic movement spread in powerful ways in the small and tranquil English-speaking Caribbean. It is here in the deep Caribbean world of demonic possessions, spiritual demons, and supernatural healers where the Charismatic movement continues to shape a resilient culture. Placing the Charismatic movement in the realm of culture provides some highly surprising findings that reveal the potential of a religious movement and its ability for change in a late-modern social world.

Peter Marina is Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA. His research specializes in sociology of religion, transgressive sociology, urban ethnography, criminology, Hispanic immigration, and city life, among other topics. Stephen D. Glazier contributed the foreword. He is Graduate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. He is the general editor of The Encyclopedia of African and African American Religions (2001) and a founding member of the editorial board of the journal PentecoStudies.

Foreword.- Chapter One: Spiritual Rumblings in the Caribbean.- Chapter Two: The Study of Charismatic Christianity in the English-Speaking Caribbean.- Chapter Three: Charismatic Ethnography in the Charismatic Caribbean.- Chapter Four: Antigua.- Chapter Five: Trinidad.- Chapter Six: St. Lucia, Barbados, and Dominica.- Chapter Seven: St. Kitts and Montserrat.- Chapter Eight: Summary and Final Thoughts.- Epilogue: Haiti.

“The book to be accessible to those interested in investigation and analysis over method. … What Marina does bring is essential ethnographic insight into Pentecostalism in the English-speaking Caribbean … . He gives voice to bishops, apostles, and pastors as they articulate their challenges and successes in this under-researched region.” (Marcia Clarke, Pneuma, Vol. 39 (3), 2017)

Erscheinungsdatum	25.10.2016
Co-Autor	Stephen Glazier
Vorwort	Stephen Glazier
Zusatzinfo	XXIII, 242 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	Caribbean religion • Charismatic movement • Pentecostalism • Religious ethnography • Religious networking strategies • Transnational Studies
ISBN-10	1-137-56099-1 / 1137560991
ISBN-13	978-1-137-56099-5 / 9781137560995
Zustand	Neuware