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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Transformation and Ethical Practice in the Ghanaian Church of Pentecost

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Description for Looking Back, Moving Forward: Transformation and Ethical Practice in the Ghanaian Church of Pentecost Paperback. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.

How do Ghanaian Pentecostals resolve the contradictions of their own faith while remaining faithful to their religious identity? Bringing together the anthropology of Christianity and the anthropology of ethics, Girish Daswani’s Looking Back, Moving Forward investigates the compromises with the past that members of Ghana’s Church of Pentecost make in order to remain committed Christians.

Even as church members embrace the break with the past that comes from being  “born-again,” many are less concerned with the boundaries of Christian practice than with interpersonal questions – the continuity of suffering after conversion, the causes of unhealthy relationships, the changes brought about ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Anthropological Horizons
Condition
New
Weight
434g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442626584
SKU
V9781442626584
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Girish Daswani
Girish Daswani is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto.

Reviews for Looking Back, Moving Forward: Transformation and Ethical Practice in the Ghanaian Church of Pentecost
‘With its vivid ethnography, Looking Back, Moving Forward offers an intimate portrait of the everyday lives of Ghanaian Pentecostals, both in Ghana and in London.’
Anna Strhan
Marginalia Review of Books - January 2016
‘An excellent contribution to the study of migrant faith, this book also has much to say about spirituality and religious practice more broadly ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Looking Back, Moving Forward: Transformation and Ethical Practice in the Ghanaian Church of Pentecost


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