Believing Identity : Pentecostalism and the Mediation of Jamaican Ethnicity and Gender in England
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Explorations in Anthropology
ISBN-10
185973104X
ISBN-13
9781859731048
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Berg Publishers
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 1st, 1997
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
720 grams
Product Classification:
Pentecostal ChurchesGender studies, gender groupsBlack & Asian studiesAnthropology
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The complex and sometimes contradictory articulation of ethnicity, religion and gender informs this book on the cultural construction of identity for Jamaican migrants in Britain.
The complex and sometimes contradictory articulation of ethnicity, religion and gender informs this book on the cultural construction of identity for Jamaican migrants in Britain. The author argues that religion -- in this case Pentecostalism -- cannot be understood simply as a means of spiritual compensation for the economically disadvantaged. Rather, in the New Testament Church of God, one of Britain''s largest African Caribbean churches, the cosmology of the church resolves the questions surrounding identity as well as suffering. Religious participation is one way in which African Caribbean people negotiate the terms of representation and interaction in British society.
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