Jesus for Zanzibar : : narratives of Pentecostal (non-)belonging, Islam, and nation / / by Hans Olsson.

• Superior document: Studies of Religion in Africa; volume48
• VerfasserIn: Olsson, Hans (Researcher),
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Studies of Religion in Africa; volume48.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (291 pages).
• Other title: Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Figures -- Swahili Glossary -- Introduction -- The Scene -- The Migrant -- The Church -- The Public -- The Union -- Narratives of Pentecostal (Non-)Belonging -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004410368
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Hans Olsson.

In Jesus for Zanzibar: Narratives of Pentecostal (Non-)Belonging, Islam, and Nation Hans Olsson offers an ethnographic account of the lived experience and socio-political significance of newly arriving Pentecostal Christians in the Muslim majority setting of Zanzibar. This work analyzes how a disputed political partnership between Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania intersects with the construction of religious identities. Undertaken at a time of political tensions, the case study of Zanzibar’s largest Pentecostal church, the City Christian Center, outlines religious belonging as relationally filtered in-between experiences of social insecurity, altered minority / majority positions, and spiritual powers. Hans Olsson shows that Pentecostal Christianity, as a signifier of (un)wanted social change, exemplifies contested processes of becoming in Zanzibar that capitalizes on, and creates meaning out of, religious difference and ambient political tensions.