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Record Nr.

UNINA9910984505703321

Autore

Slavkova Magdalena

Titolo

Conversion, Leadership and Identity of the Evangelical Roma in Bulgaria / Magdalena Slavkova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paderborn, : Brill | Schöningh, 2024

ISBN

9783657791422

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 pages)

Collana

Roma History and Culture ; 5

Disciplina

270.82

Soggetti

Feldforschung

fieldwork

Archivforschung

archival research

Ethnographie

ethnography

Autorität

authority

weibliche Pastoren

female pastors

männliche Pastoren

male pastors

religiöse Mobilisierung

religious mobilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Magdalena Slavkova -- Chapter 2 The Politics of Romani Evangelicalism / Magdalena Slavkova -- Chapter 3 The Evangelical Roma as an Imagined Community / Magdalena Slavkova -- Concluding Remarks / Magdalena Slavkova -- Back Matter -- References / Magdalena Slavkova.

Sommario/riassunto

Combining historical and ethnographic approaches in her pioneering study, Magdalena Slavkova offers an insightful contribution to our understanding of Romani evangelicalism. The phenomenon appeared at the beginning of the 20th century in Bulgaria, considerably earlier than



many other European countries, with various missionaries working among the Roma, such as Methodists and Baptists among them, as well as later Pentecostals. This book explains the conversion process of men and women from different Romani groups who demonstrate their identity as believers in Jesus Christ and shows how power is transferred from older to younger men and from men to women through mechanisms enabled by evangelism.