African Pentecostals in Catholic Europe
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Pentecostalism, Catholic, Catholicism, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | Annalisa Butticci | ISBN: | 9780674968684 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Annalisa Butticci |
| ISBN: | 9780674968684 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 4, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Catholic Italy is a destination for migrants from Nigeria and Ghana, who bring their own form of Christianity—Pentecostalism, the most Protestant of Christian faiths. At the heart of Annalisa Butticci’s ethnography is a paradox. Believers on both sides are driven by a desire to find sensuous, material ways to make the divine visible and tangible.
Catholic Italy is a destination for migrants from Nigeria and Ghana, who bring their own form of Christianity—Pentecostalism, the most Protestant of Christian faiths. At the heart of Annalisa Butticci’s ethnography is a paradox. Believers on both sides are driven by a desire to find sensuous, material ways to make the divine visible and tangible.
