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Author John, Stanley J. Valayil C., author.

Title Transnational religious organization and practice : a contextual analysis of Kerala Pentecostal churches in Kuwait / by Stanley J. Valayil C. John
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Global Pentecostal and charismatic studies, 1876-2247 ; volume 27
Global Pentecostal and Charismatic studies ; v. 27. 1876-2247
Contents Diaspora Pentecostal churches in an era of world Christianity -- The context of Kerala Pentecostal churches in Kuwait -- Demographic analysis of transnational fields -- Conceptualizing temporary economic migration -- The history of Christianity in the transnational fields -- Transnational religious organization and practice -- Transnational ecclesial networks -- Transnational ecclesial agents -- Transnational practice of faith: mission of the church -- Kerala Pentecostal churches in mission
Summary In Transnational Religious Organization and Practice Stanley John provides the first in-depth analysis of a migrant Christian community in the Arabian Gulf. The book explores how Kerala (South India) Pentecostal churches in Kuwait organize and practice their Christian faith, given the status of their congregants as temporary economic migrants and noting that the transient status heightens their transnational orientation toward their homeland in India. The research follows a twofold agenda: first, examining the unique sociopolitical and migrational context within which the KPCs function, and second, analyzing the transnational character and structural patterns that have emerged in this context. The ethnographic research identifies and analyzes the emerging structures and practices of the KPCs through three lenses: networks, agents, and mission. This study concludes with a proposal for an interdisciplinary theoretical framework to be employed in the study of transnational religious communities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 19, 2018)
Subject Pentecostal churches -- Kuwait
Pentecostal churches -- India -- Kerala
Transnationalism.
Immigrants -- Kuwait
East Indians -- Kuwait
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Denominations.
East Indians.
Immigrants.
Pentecostal churches.
Transnationalism.
India -- Kerala.
Kuwait.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018007828
ISBN 9789004361010
9004361014