This article discusses the so-called ‘revolutionary’ character of Evangelical and Pentecostal movements, as has been proposed in mainstream sociological and anthropological literature. Through a historical and ethnographic account of Evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity in Angola, we suggest that in this country Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism is defined by exclusionary tactics that render most churches compliant with the current political regime, and they in fact act as reactionary, conservative forces in contexts of social and political disruption. This in turn exposes a divergence in terms of political rhetoric and praxis among Evangelical and Pentecostal movements.
This introduction suggests capturing contemporary Pentecostalism in terms of territorial, discursive, cultural and affective framings, such as Lusophony. It gives a short overview on the understandings of the idea of Lusophony and Lusophone framings present in public discourses, social imaginations and in academic approaches. As the result it offers an alternative way of looking at national, transnational and global approaches to Christianity and Pentecostalism in particular.
Artykuł koncentruje się na procesach tożsamościowych obecnych na gruncie chrześcijaństwa w Angoli. Analizie zostały poddane upolitycznione angolskie tożsamości narodowe, którym przeciwstawiają się religijne i społeczne tożsamości zapośredniczone w społecznych wyobrażeniach, pamięci, przestrzeni czy emocjach. Głównym celem artykułu jest zwrócenie uwagi na to, jak w ten sposób ujmowane tożsamości wychodzą naprzeciw upolitycznionym konstrukcjom angolskości, a przez to jak wpływają na dynamikę społeczną współczesnej Angoli. Analiza opiera się na studium przypadku Kościoła Bom Deus.
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