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Jamaica Genesis

Religion and the Politics of Moral Orders

by Diane J.Austin- Broos, Raymond T. Smith

  • Paperback
  • 324 pages
  • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
  • 15.4 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm

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This study examines how Pentecostalism has managed to achieve such ascendancy in a former British colony among people of predominantly African descent. This book argues that it has flourished because it successfully mediates between two historically central, yet often oppositional themes in Jamaican religious life: the characteristic African striving for personal freedom and happiness, and the Protestant struggle for atonement and salvation through rigorous ethical piety. The author of this work considers that, with its emphasis on the individual experience of grace and on the ritual efficacy of spiritual healing, and with its vibrantly expressive worship, Jamaican Pentecostalism has become a compelling vehicle for the negotiation of such fundamental issues as gender, sexuality, race and class. She intends the book to address all those concerned, not simply with Caribbean studies, but with the ongoing transformation of religion and culture.
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  • Authors

    Diane J.Austin- Broos +1

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    The University of Chicago Press

  • Published

    September 1997

  • Edition

    2nd

  • Weight

    450g

  • Page Count

    324

  • Dimensions

    15.4 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780226032863

  • ISBN-10

    0226032868

  • Eden Code

    1147468

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