Faith in Flux: Pentecostalism and Mobility in Rural Mozambique

by Devaka Premawardhana

Pentecostalism--Africa's fastest growing form of Christianity--is known for displacing that which came before. Yet anthropologist Devaka Premawardhana witnessed neither massive growth nor dramatic rupture in the part of Mozambique where he worked. His research opens a new paradigm for the study of global Christianity, one centered on religious fluidity and existential mobility, and on how indigenous traditions remain vibrant and influential--even...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812249984
• ISBN13: 9780812249989
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"