Upward, Not Sunwise: Resonant Rupture in Navajo Neo-Pentecostalism
Kimberly Jenkins Marshall
€ 76.18
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Upward, Not Sunwise: Resonant Rupture in Navajo Neo-Pentecostalism
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 images, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRCC96; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
Upward, Not Sunwise explores an influential and growing neo-Pentecostal movement among Native Americans characterized by evangelical Christian theology, charismatic “spirit-filled” worship, and decentralized Native control. As in other global contexts, neo-Pentecostalism is spread by charismatic evangelists practicing faith healing at tent revivals.In North America, this movement has become especially popular among the Diné (Navajo), where the Oodlání (“Believers”) movement now numbers nearly sixty thousand members. Participants in this movement value their Navajo cultural identity yet maintain a profound religious conviction that the beliefs of their ancestors are tools of the devil.
Kimberly Jenkins Marshall has been researching the Oodlání movement since 2006 ... Read more
Upward, Not Sunwise explores an influential and growing neo-Pentecostal movement among Native Americans characterized by evangelical Christian theology, charismatic “spirit-filled” worship, and decentralized Native control. As in other global contexts, neo-Pentecostalism is spread by charismatic evangelists practicing faith healing at tent revivals.In North America, this movement has become especially popular among the Diné (Navajo), where the Oodlání (“Believers”) movement now numbers nearly sixty thousand members. Participants in this movement value their Navajo cultural identity yet maintain a profound religious conviction that the beliefs of their ancestors are tools of the devil.
Kimberly Jenkins Marshall has been researching the Oodlání movement since 2006 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803269767
SKU
V9780803269767
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Kimberly Jenkins Marshall
Kimberly Jenkins Marshall is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Oklahoma.
Reviews for Upward, Not Sunwise: Resonant Rupture in Navajo Neo-Pentecostalism
"Marshall's book is based on several years of ethnographic research in Navajo communities in the southwestern United States. The only lengthy study of Navajo Pentecostalism that has been published to date, it deftly tackles the problem of rupture and continuity among Pentecostal converts, and shows that Navajo Pentecostals reject, reinterpret, remake, and conserve traditional beliefs and practices in intricate and ... Read more