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'Weenhayek Pentecostalism: The Basic Cement of a Revitalized Society
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3068-6862
2023 (English)In: PentecoStudies, ISSN 2041-3599, E-ISSN 1871-7691, Vol. 22, no 2, p. 135-158Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In 1971 almost an entire aboriginal group in the Bolivian and Argentinian Gran Chaco, the 'Weenhayek, converted to Pentecostalism. The revival lasted for several years and resulted in many changes. This article explores the primary effects of the revival, but also the appropriation of the Pentecostal message, how the 'Weenhayek indigenized what the Nordic missionaries once had taught them. For the missionaries, dancing e.g. was something prohibited. Today it is one of the main expressions of 'Weenhayek Pentecostalism. This transformation is categorized as a form of revitalization movement as described by anthropologist Anthony F C Wallace. The article is based on many years of anthropological fieldwork among the 'Weenhayek.

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Equinox Publishing, 2023. Vol. 22, no 2, p. 135-158
Keywords [en]
Indigenous Pentecostal Church, revitalization, Indigenous Pentecostal theology, dancing, missionary teaching, 'Weenhayek-Wich & iacute, people
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Ethnology Religious Studies Social Anthropology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-556732DOI: 10.1558/pent.26627ISI: 001448427700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85216326909OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-556732DiVA, id: diva2:1959505
Available from: 2025-05-20 Created: 2025-05-20 Last updated: 2025-05-20Bibliographically approved

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