Faith And Revivalism In A Nordic Romani Community

Author : David Thurfjell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857722328
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faith and Revivalism in a Nordic Romani Community written by David Thurfjell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pentecostal revival is sweeping the Romani communities of Europe. The dominant religious orientation of European Roma, Pentecostalism has become one of the major factors behind Romani social development, in the wake of the discrimination, marginalisation, and growing anti-ziganist sentiments of the latest decades. Through this form of charismatic Protestant Christianity, Roma have overcome social problems and internal conflicts as well as battle against the hostility and exclusion of the 'macro gajo' (non-Roma) society. Based on interviews and field work, this original ethnographic study offers a unique presentation and analysis of the Pentecostal revival in one of Europe's many Romani communities - the Kaale Roma of Finland and Sweden. Through individual life stories, historical exposes, sociological interpretation, and ritual and discourse analysis, Thurfjell provides a vivid, accurate portrait of the multifaceted and complex situation of contemporary Roma. Despite the efforts of the Nordic welfare state over the past decades to counteract poverty, and to integrate their Romani communities into society, these groups are persistently problematic. Inspired by postcolonial theory, Thurfjell's study addresses the failure of the integration politics of the Roma; he highlights the discursive pressure the hegemonial society places on outsiders as it reaches out to help them. Romani individuals, it is argued, are caught in a deadlock between the pressure to assimilate themselves into the majority society, and that of their community, to remain Romani. This study of the Pentecostal movement is of interest to anyone who seeks to understand the religious, historical, social and discursive processes that underlie the complex and difficult situation of European Roma today.

Author : Melody Wachsmuth
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004518975
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roma Pentecostals Narrating Identity, Trauma, and Renewal in Croatia and Serbia written by Melody Wachsmuth and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life stories of Roma Pentecostals in Croatia and Serbia reveal both significant hardship and resilience, which notably impacts how they incorporate a Pentecostal identity and the ways in which they transform their daily lives in accordance with Pentecostal theology.

Author : Michael Wilkinson
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004344187
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion written by Michael Wilkinson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pentecostals and the Body researchers examine the role of religious experience, ritual, emotion, and embodiment among Pentecostals with a wide range of cross cultural examples.

Author : Jan Selling
Publisher : Central European University Press
ISBN 13 : 9633866901
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Romani Liberation written by Jan Selling and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-10 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Centered on the trajectory of the emancipation of Roma people in Scandinavia, Romani Liberation is a powerful challenge to the stereotype describing Romani as passive and incapable of responsibility and agency. The author also criticizes benevolent but paternalistic attitudes that center on Romani victimhood. The first part of the book offers a comprehensive overview of the chronological phases of Romani emancipation in Sweden and other countries. Underscoring the significance of Roma activism in this process, Jan Selling profiles sixty Romani activists and protagonists, including numerous original photos. The narrative is followed by an analysis of the concepts of historical justice and of the process of decolonizing Romani Studies. Selling highlights the impact of the historical contexts that have enabled or impeded the success of the struggles against discrimination and for equal rights, emphasizing Romani activism as a precondition for liberation. The particular Swedish framework is accentuated by a stimulating preface by the international activist Nicoleta Bitu, and afterwords by two prominent Romani advocates, the politician Soraya Post and the singer, author, and elder Hans Caldaras.

Author : Henrik Bogdan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350413291
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Study of Religion in Sweden written by Henrik Bogdan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive examination of the study of religions in Sweden, from the early twentieth century to the present and shows how the intersection of national and social forces shape the study of religion in specific countries and contexts. It traces the establishment of the study of religions as an integrated part of Higher Education in Sweden and it critically examines the development of the most significant disciplines, themes and questions that form Religious Studies in Sweden. Demonstrating the interconnection between nationality and the formation of the academic study of religion, the book explores how Sweden is often described as the most secularised country in the world, yet the study of religions in Sweden has a long, rich, and diverse history. The book emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the study of religions, and bring together the voices of 30 scholars.

Author : Titus Hjelm
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472528409
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Is God Back? written by Titus Hjelm and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is God Back? Reconsidering the New Visibility of Religion examines the shifting boundary between religion and the public sphere in Europe and the Middle East. Asking what the 'new visibility of religion' means and challenging simplistic notions of living in a 'post-secular' age, the chapters explore how religion is contested and renegotiated in the public sphere – or rather, in different publics – and the effects of these struggles on society, state and religion itself. Whereas religion arguably never went away in the USA, the re-emergence of public religion is a European phenomenon. Is God Back? provides timely case studies from Europe, as well as extending to the Middle East, where fledgling democracies are struggling to create models of governance that stem from the European secular model, but which need to be able to accommodate a much more public form of religiosity. Discussions include the new visibility of neo-Pagan and Native Faith groups in Europe, Evangelical Christians and Church teaching on sexuality in the UK, and Islamic social Movements in the Arab world. Drawing from empirical and theoretical research on religion and national identity, religion and media, church-state relationships, and religion and welfare, Is God Back? is a rich source for students and scholars interested in the changing face of public religion in the modern world, including those studying the sociology of religion, social policy, and theology.

Author : József Kotics
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527551652
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Patterns of Inter-ethnic Relations with the Roma in the Carpathian Basin written by József Kotics and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-30 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost three decades of anthropological fieldwork on ethnic coexistence situations, completed by the author of the present volume, have revealed that in the multi-ethnic local communities of the Carpathian Basin, Roma-non-Roma coexistence practices are always based on opposition, regardless of whether the latter are Romanians, Saxons, Slovaks, Ukrainians or Hungarians. After presenting the theoretical-methodological framework and historical processes, this book presents patterns of Roma-non-Roma coexistence that emerge through case studies, which can be directly applied in the fight against the exclusion and stigmatisation of the Roma today. Thus, the book discusses two applied anthropology projects where research results have been used in urban regeneration and development projects. It interprets cannibalism charges against Gypsies as a typical type of chimerical prejudice. Through the case studies, it contributes to existing research by interpreting the coexistence of different ethnicities in the local socio-historical context, in the local embeddedness of inter-ethnic relations, as a constantly evolving and changing phenomenon, focusing on the performativity, dynamic interaction and functional role of relations.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004435549
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements offers a multinational study of Islam, its variants, influences, and neighbouring movements, from a multidisciplinary range of scholars. These chapters highlight the diversity of Islam, especially in its contemporary manifestations, as a religion of many communities, theologies, and ideologies. Over five sections—on Sunni, Shia, Sufi, fundamentalist, and fringe Islamic movements—the authors provide historical overviews, analyses, and in-depth studies of large and small Islamic and related groups from all around the world. The contents of this volume will be of interest to both newcomers to the study of Islam and established scholars of religion who wish to engage with the dynamic label of Islam and the many impactful movements of the Islamic world.

Author : Jessica Moberg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319696149
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Charismatic Christianity in Finland, Norway, and Sweden written by Jessica Moberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license The history of Charismatic Christianity in the Nordic countries reaches as far back as Pentecostalism itself. The bounds of these categories remain a topic of discussion, but Nordic countries have played a vital role in developing this rapidly spreading form of world-wide Christianity. Until now, research on global Charismatic Christianity has largely overlooked the region. This book addresses and analyzes its historical and contemporary trajectories in Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Through a selection of cases written by Nordic scholars from various disciplines, it demonstrates historical and contemporary diversity as well as interconnections between local, national, and global currents. Highlighting change and continuity, the anthology reveals new aspects of Charismatic Christianity.

Author : Vinson Synan
Publisher : Charisma Media
ISBN 13 : 1629989444
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Renewal Christianity written by Vinson Synan and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This final volume is an authoritative collection from more than two dozen leaders and scholars of the Spirit-empowered movement.