Chasing Religion in the Caribbean

Ethnographic Journeys from Antigua to Trinidad
2016. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-349-93421-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 322 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marina, Peter

Weitere Mitwirkende

Glazier, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Religionsethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.