Moving by the spirit : Pentecostal social life on the Zambian Copperbelt /

Moving by the spirit : Pentecostal social life on the Zambian Copperbelt /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Haynes, Naomi, author.
Imprint:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] ©2017
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	The anthropology of Christianity ; 22
Subject:	Pentecostals -- Zambia -- Copperbelt Province -- Social life and customs. Pentecostalism -- Social aspects -- Zambia -- Copperbelt Province. Pentecostalism -- Social aspects. Zambia -- Copperbelt Province.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12589000

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ISBN:	9780520967434 0520967437 9780520294240 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520294257 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Summary:	"This book argues that the runaway popularity of Pentecostal Christianity on the Zambian Copperbelt is a result of this religion's capacity to produce novel forms of value realization. A close analysis of the relationships that form in Pentecostal churches reveals that Pentecostal social life is structured around an animating idea - a value - called 'moving by the Spirit.' Moving by the Spirit entails personal advancement both with regard to material prosperity and religious skill or charisma. While moving by the Spirit makes Pentecostalism attractive, it is difficult for Pentecostal believers to balance prosperity against charisma without reproducing divisions in economic status. These divisions undermine the social world of the church by limiting the access of poorer believers to the relationships with their leaders - relationships through which the value of moving by the Spirit is most effectively realized"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Haynes, Naomi, author. Moving by the spirit Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520294240

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Summary:	Drawing on two years of ethnographic research, Naomi Haynes explores Pentecostal Christianity in the kind of community where it often flourishes: a densely populated neighborhood in the heart of an extraction economy. On the Zambian Copperbelt, Pentecostal adherence embeds believers in relationships that help them to "move" and progress in life. These efforts give Copperbelt Pentecostalism its particular local character, shaping ritual practice, gender dynamics, and church economics. Focusing on the promises and problems that Pentecostalism presents, Moving by the Spirit highlights this religion's role in making life possible in structurally adjusted Africa.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780520967434 0520967437 9780520294240 9780520294257