▪ Abstract Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity (P/c), the form of Christianity in which
believers receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit, is rapidly spreading and can be counted as one …

This article surveys the literature that constitutes the newly emergent anthropology of
Christianity. Arguing that the development of this sub‐discipline was impeded until recently …

In his influential study of the contemporary explosion of protesta ism in Latin America, David
Martin observes that little attention h been paid to the relation between pentecostalism and …

Current attempts to increase the relevance of sociocultural anthropology encourage
anthropologists to engage in the study of modernity. In this discourse dominated by …

How do religious collectivities which are predicated on the Word generate images of
themselves in the highly competitive religious market-places of many African urban spaces …

Richard P. Werbner, Pnina Werbner & Richard Werbner, Memory and the Postcolony: African
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I begin with a statement phrased so bluntly that it is bound to draw a skeptical response,
though I think it is true enough in its outlines to be worth making none the less. The …

This article examines the role of religion in identity formation in situations where individuals
are engaged in intercontinental diasporic movement. Such diasporic movement involves the …

Covering the entire continent from Morocco, Libya, and Egypt in the north to the Cape of
Good Hope in the south, and the surrounding islands from Cape Verde in the west to …

This article provides a perspective on rural Malawi during the unsettled times following the
recognition by village residents that AIDS is a profound danger. The primary data are …