Pentecostalism, Globalisation, and Islam in Northern Cameroon

Megachurches in the Making?
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-24489-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 41, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1220 g

Reihe: Studies of Religion in Africa

Pentecostalism is among the fastest growing social movements in the 21th century. This volume discusses global aspects of Pentecostal churches in northern Cameroon, by describing how the local congregations interact with civil society, traditional religion, and Islam.

Extensive fieldwork and descriptions of the complex historical context within which the churches emerge, makes the author draw attention to Pentecostal leaders as social entrepreneurs inspired both by local traditions and by a global flow of images and ideas. This indicates that Pentecostalism can be interpreted both as a social and as a religious movement which manages to encounter mainline churches and Islam with flexibility and spiritual authority.

Zielgruppe

All interested in religious change in Africa, in particular related to global processes, pentecostal growth, and Christian-Muslim relations in Cameroon.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sundnes Drønen, Tomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Dialog & Beziehungen zwischen Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Pfingstkirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

Sundnes Drønen, Tomas
Tomas Sundnes Drønen, Ph.D. (2007), School of Mission and Theology (Stavanger, Norway), is Associate Professor of Global Studies and Religion at that institution. He has authored many publications on intercultural communication and religious change in Africa, including Communication and Conversion in Northern Cameroon (Brill, 2009).