Catholic Pentecostalism and the paradoxes of Africanization : processes of localization in a Catholic Charismatic movement in Cameroon /

Catholic Pentecostalism and the paradoxes of Africanization : processes of localization in a Catholic Charismatic movement in Cameroon /

The anthropological literature on religious innovation and resistance in African Christianity tended to focus almost exclusively on what have come to be known as African Independent Churches. Very few anthropological studies have looked at similar processes within mission churches. Through an ethnog...

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Main Author: Lado, Ludovic, 1970-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Series: Studies of Religion in Africa 37.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004223097.

Subjects:

Hebga, Meinrad P. > (Meinrad Pierre)
Ephphata (Organization)
Charismatische Bewegung.
Katholizismus.
Lokalisation.
Pentecostalism > Catholic Church.
Pentecostalism > Cameroon.
Pentecostalism > France > Paris.
Kamerun.

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Call Number: BX2350.57 .L33 2009

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 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
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.