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dc.contributor.authorBratrud, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T10:46:18Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T10:46:18Z
dc.date.created2019-12-10T12:31:15Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationPaideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkund. 2019, 65, 111-132.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0078-7809
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2653489
dc.description.abstractAbstract. This article discusses the co-creation of fear and hope in the context of the rapid growth of Pentecostal Christianity in Vanuatu in the South Pacific. I take as my starting point how the conjoining of these sentiments operates in three different contexts: first, the growing dissatisfaction with leaders and the status quo in a rural village, the capital Port Vila and the nation as a whole; second, ambivalent ideas about the appropriate road to economic development; and third, the fear of sorcery and various malevolent spirits. By offering a space through which harmful forces can be targeted, I argue that Pentecostal churches in Vanuatu attract those who hope for moral generation, economic betterment and security from dangerous powers. However, by articulating and targeting sometimes new evil forces, Pentecostal activities may also generate new experiences of risk, fear and insecurity as much as offer relief from them. I therefore argue that the cultivation of fear and hope as opposing forces may have the effect whereby the two reinforce rather than encompass each other.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titleFear and Hope in Vanuatu Pentecostalismen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.source.pagenumber111-132en_US
dc.source.volume65en_US
dc.source.journalPaideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkundeen_US
dc.identifier.cristin1758808
cristin.unitcode222,59,3,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for kultur, religion og samfunnsfag
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