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Translating the Devil
Birgit Meyer
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Description for Translating the Devil
paperback. This book offers an ethnography of the emergence of a local Christianity and its relation to changing social, political and economic formations among the Peki Ewe in Ghana. Series: International African Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, col. Illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HRCX7; HRKT; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
This book offers an ethnography of the emergence of a local Christianity and its relation to changing social, political and economic formations among the Peki Ewe in Ghana. Focusing on the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, which arose from encounters between the Ewe and German Piestist missionaries, the author examines recent conflicts leading to the secession of many pentecostally oriented members, which it places in a historical perspective. The main argument is that, for the Ewe, involvement with modernity goes hand in hand with new enchantment, rather than disenchantment, of the world. At the grassroots level, the study ... Read more
This book offers an ethnography of the emergence of a local Christianity and its relation to changing social, political and economic formations among the Peki Ewe in Ghana. Focusing on the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, which arose from encounters between the Ewe and German Piestist missionaries, the author examines recent conflicts leading to the secession of many pentecostally oriented members, which it places in a historical perspective. The main argument is that, for the Ewe, involvement with modernity goes hand in hand with new enchantment, rather than disenchantment, of the world. At the grassroots level, the study ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
International African Library
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748613038
SKU
V9780748613038
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Reviews for Translating the Devil
Birgit Meyer's study of Pentecostalism in Ghana is exemplary in its insights, intellectual organization, and indifference to prescribed attitudes...Meyer's argument is complex and it is important to read the whole book, but the gist can be found summarized in the Epilogue. Birgit Meyer's study of Pentecostalism in Ghana is exemplary in its insights, intellectual organization, and indifference to prescribed attitudes...Meyer's ... Read more