Pentecostalism, Globalisation, and Islam in Northern Cameroon

Download or read book Pentecostalism, Globalisation, and Islam in Northern Cameroon written by Tomas Sundnes Drønen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pentecostalism is among the fastest growing social movements in the 21th century. This volume discusses global aspects of Pentecostal churches in northern Cameroon, by describing how the local congregations interact with civil society, traditional religion, and Islam. Extensive fieldwork and descriptions of the complex historical context within which the churches emerge, makes the author draw attention to Pentecostal leaders as social entrepreneurs inspired both by local traditions and by a global flow of images and ideas. This indicates that Pentecostalism can be interpreted both as a social and as a religious movement which manages to encounter mainline churches and Islam with flexibility and spiritual authority.