Going to War: Spiritual Encounters and Pentecostals’ Drive for Exposure in Contemporary Zanzibar

Hans Göran Olsson

doi:10.1163/9789004412255_013

Going to War: Spiritual Encounters and Pentecostals’ Drive for Exposure in Contemporary Zanzibar

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The humid Friday afternoon is turning to evening and a group of Christian migrant workers gather for their weekly intercession and deliverance (maombi na maombezi) service. While the church slowly fills up, one congregant after another starts praying. Taking up the arms of prayer (silaha za maombi) in order to fight the evil powers (nguvu za giza) seen to be ruling over the Zanzibar archipelago, they are going to war. In the hours that follow, afflicted people are delivered from (evil) spirits and forceful intersession prayers invoke the protective power of Jesusnot only to safeguard the members of the church but also to shield Tanzanian society and the nation. In general terms, the prayer service represents a growing feature of contemporary African Christianity, namely, the commitment to fight evil through modes of spiritual warfare.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Faith in African Lived Christianity : Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives
Redaktører	Karen Lauterbach, Mika Vähäkangas
Antal sider	22
Udgivelsessted	Leiden
Forlag	Brill
Publikationsdato	2020
Sider	249-270
Kapitel	12
ISBN (Trykt)	978-90-04-39849-8
ISBN (Elektronisk)	978-90-04-41225-5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004412255_013
Status	Udgivet - 2020

Navn	Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies
Vol/bind	35
ISSN	1876-2247

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Going to War: Spiritual Encounters and Pentecostals’ Drive for Exposure in Contemporary Zanzibar. / Olsson, Hans Göran.
Faith in African Lived Christianity: Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives. red. / Karen Lauterbach; Mika Vähäkangas. Leiden: Brill, 2020. s. 249-270 (Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies, Bind 35).

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Olsson, HG 2020, Going to War: Spiritual Encounters and Pentecostals’ Drive for Exposure in Contemporary Zanzibar. i K Lauterbach & M Vähäkangas (red), Faith in African Lived Christianity: Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives. Brill, Leiden, Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies, bind 35, s. 249-270. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004412255_013

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