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).

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.

Table of Contents

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.