Description
Book SynopsisExplores how the growth of Pentecostal churches in central Mozambique occurred alongside a striking increase in so-called traditional religious practices such as spirit mediumship and spiritual healing.
Trade ReviewThis ethnography is alive, giving the reader a wonderful window into life as lived in Central Mozambique. Bringing together spirit mediumship and Pentecostalism, Christy Schuetze shows how women living under patriarchy gain access to material security and social well-being by calling on both religious communities and the spirit world." - SÓnia Silva, Skidmore College
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The World is Upside Down: Reordering Society in a World Out of Balance
- PART I: Spirits and Suffering in Historical and Contemporary Contexts
- 2. The Production and Integration of Suffering: Social Healing Across Generations
- 3. Economic Exclusion: The Search for Cash on the Margins
- 4. A Precarious World: The Hospital as Complementary Medicine
- Part II: Searching for Stability
- 5. Misfortune and Women’s Vulnerability in Marriage
- 6. Becoming a Spirit Wife: Managing Spirits and the Dangers of Marriage
- 7. Bargaining with Patriarchy: Pentecostal Church Women and Social Renewal
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
