Global Pentecostalism and Ethnic Identity Maintenance among Latino Immigrants
| Autor: | Deborah L. Berhó, Mark T. Mulder, Gerardo Marti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Indigenization
060303 religions & theology 050402 sociology Culture of the United States media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Immigration Religious studies Ethnic group Gender studies Homeland 06 humanities and the arts 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Indigenous 0504 sociology Protestantism Transnationalism Sociology media_common |
| Zdroj: | PNEUMA. 39:5-33 |
| ISSN: | 1570-0747 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/15700747-03901004 |
| Popis: | 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. |
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