عنوان

Global Pentecostalism and Ethnic Identity Maintenance among Latino Immigrants

شماره

LA124541

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Global Pentecostalism and Ethnic Identity Maintenance among Latino Immigrants

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Deborah L. Berhó, Gerardo Martí, Mark T. Mulder, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Protestantism has been considered particularly weak for sustaining ethnic boundaries among immigrants. Recognizing the global adaptability and indigenization of Pentecostalism, however, we expect that immigrants from more pentecostal nations will likely retain their Protestantism in ways that affirm their ethnic identity. Using ethnographic data, our research demonstrates how a Guatemalan pentecostal church in Oregon successfully preserves its homeland culture, revealing how the structure of Pentecostalism at La Iglesia de Restauración (affiliated with Elim churches) sustains ethnic continuity with its native indigenous culture. This Latino Protestant church affirms Pentecostalism's capacity to encourage transnational relationships through a variety of social mechanisms, including provision of ethnic symbols and a space to use them, use of homeland languages (both Ki'ché and Spanish), and promotion of a homegrown leadership. Moreover, the doctrinal division between "world" and "church" discourages assimilation into American culture while simultaneously reinforcing maintenance of "godly" indigenous practices that are legitimated as appropriately religious. Protestantism has been considered particularly weak for sustaining ethnic boundaries among immigrants. Recognizing the global adaptability and indigenization of Pentecostalism, however, we expect that immigrants from more pentecostal nations will likely retain their Protestantism in ways that affirm their ethnic identity. Using ethnographic data, our research demonstrates how a Guatemalan pentecostal church in Oregon successfully preserves its homeland culture, revealing how the structure of Pentecostalism at La Iglesia de Restauración (affiliated with Elim churches) sustains ethnic continuity with its native indigenous culture. This Latino Protestant church affirms Pentecostalism's capacity to encourage transnational relationships through a variety of social mechanisms, including provision of ethnic symbols and a space to use them, use of homeland languages (both Ki'ché and Spanish), and promotion of a homegrown leadership. Moreover, the doctrinal division between "world" and "church" discourages assimilation into American culture while simultaneously reinforcing maintenance of "godly" indigenous practices that are legitimated as appropriately religious.

تاريخ نشر

2017

توصيف ظاهري

5-33

عنوان

Pneuma

شماره جلد

39/1-2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0747

اصطلاح موضوعی

case study

اصطلاح موضوعی

congregations

اصطلاح موضوعی

ethnic identity

اصطلاح موضوعی

ethnography

اصطلاح موضوعی

General

اصطلاح موضوعی

immigration

اصطلاح موضوعی

Pentecostalism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Theology and World Christianity

اصطلاح موضوعی

transnationalism

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Deborah L. Berhó

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Gerardo Martí

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Mark T. Mulder

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15700747-03901004

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y