Believing identity : Pentecostalism and the mediation of Jamaican ethnicity and gender in England / Nicole Rodriguez Toulis.
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 co...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2020.
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| Series: | Explorations in anthropology.
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | "First published 1997 by Berg Publishers"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781003135708 1003135706 9781000325614 100032561X 9781000323825 100032382X 9781000322132 1000322130 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed September 9, 2020) |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Nicole Toulis City University of New York. |