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Traditional Churches, Born Again Christianity, and PentecostalismIntroducing Urban Kenya’s Religious Market

Traditional Churches, Born Again Christianity, and Pentecostalism: Introducing Urban Kenya’s... [This chapter offers an introduction to Christian identity in Kenya both in the past and at present, thus laying out the groundwork for later chapters. I begin by briefly looking at the privileged role of Christianity within Kenya’s image and national ethos from colonialism to independence, emphasizing the ties between religion and power. I then move on to briefly present the cities of Nairobi and Kisumu and the religious landscape religion therein. I discuss the profound transformations that Kenyan Christianity has seen in recent years, especially with the explosion of the charismatic-Pentecostal movement. I finish by discussing the tension between Western-inspired secularism and Christianity, as two dominant cultural domains whose interaction and struggle are central for understanding the place of religion in contemporary urban Kenya.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Traditional Churches, Born Again Christianity, and PentecostalismIntroducing Urban Kenya’s Religious Market

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Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-90640-9
Pages
89 –152
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-90641-6_4
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Abstract

[This chapter offers an introduction to Christian identity in Kenya both in the past and at present, thus laying out the groundwork for later chapters. I begin by briefly looking at the privileged role of Christianity within Kenya’s image and national ethos from colonialism to independence, emphasizing the ties between religion and power. I then move on to briefly present the cities of Nairobi and Kisumu and the religious landscape religion therein. I discuss the profound transformations that Kenyan Christianity has seen in recent years, especially with the explosion of the charismatic-Pentecostal movement. I finish by discussing the tension between Western-inspired secularism and Christianity, as two dominant cultural domains whose interaction and struggle are central for understanding the place of religion in contemporary urban Kenya.]

Published: Sep 9, 2018

Keywords: Urban Kenya; worshipWorship; secularismSecularism; faithFaith; Odinga

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