Jan-Åke Alvarsson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 334024 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jan-Åke Alvarsson |
| NOMBRES | Jan-Åke |
| APELLIDO | Alvarsson |
| FIRMA | ALVARSSON J |
| AFILIACIONES | Uppsala University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1997 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Weenhayek Pentecostalism
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 prohibit…
Research on Pentecostalism in Sweden
This article aims to orientate and introduce potential researchers into Swedish Pentecostal movements, or those who wish to provide an overview of Scandinavian Christianity, by giving a brief summary of the history of Pentecostalism in Sweden and an overview of the main academic monographs that have been produced on this particular branch of Christianity. The idea is to highlight areas where we find relevant research and to point to areas into wh…
Conversion of a Continent
Timothy J. Steigenga & Edward L. Cleary (eds), “Conversion of a Continent: Contemporary Religious Change in Latin America”
The Bible, Pentecostalism, and ‘Magic’
1The overall aim of the present article is to question the term ‘magic’ and its content. This sceptical attitude to a well-known phenomenon in the history of religion and other academic fields, has been prompted by problems in writing Pentecostal history.This article is based on a paper presented at the annual EPTA-meeting, Regents College, Manchester, 29th of July 2004
La historia de vida de una familia 'weenhayek - como aparece en los nombres personales de los hijos
Este artículo tiene que ver con la filosofía de nombrar las personas. Junto a otros investigadores de la Universidad de Uppsala (Suecia), nos hemos dedicado al estudio de la forma de nombrar las personas, que yo denomino 'contextonímica', reconociendo que los nombres tienen que ver con todo el contexto social y que ellos sirven y son usados como historia oral del pueblo; es decir, están relacionados íntimamente con la memoria colectiva. En las pá…
The Mataco of the Gran Chaco
Sammanfattning på spanska med titeln: Los Matacos del Gran Chaco : una descripción etnográfica de cambio y continuidad en su organización socioeconómica ; Tidigare utg. som diss.
Research on Pentecostalism in Sweden
This article aims to orientate and introduce potential researchers into Swedish Pentecostal movements, or those who wish to provide an overview of Scandinavian Christianity, by giving a brief summary of the history of Pentecostalism in Sweden and an overview of the main academic monographs that have been produced on this particular branch of Christianity. The idea is to highlight areas where we find relevant research and to point to areas into wh…
La historia de vida de una familia 'weenhayek - como aparece en los nombres personales de los hijos
Este artículo tiene que ver con la filosofía de nombrar las personas. Junto a otros investigadores de la Universidad de Uppsala (Suecia), nos hemos dedicado al estudio de la forma de nombrar las personas, que yo denomino 'contextonímica', reconociendo que los nombres tienen que ver con todo el contexto social y que ellos sirven y son usados como historia oral del pueblo; es decir, están relacionados íntimamente con la memoria colectiva. En las pá…
The Bible, Pentecostalism, and ‘Magic’
1The overall aim of the present article is to question the term ‘magic’ and its content. This sceptical attitude to a well-known phenomenon in the history of religion and other academic fields, has been prompted by problems in writing Pentecostal history.This article is based on a paper presented at the annual EPTA-meeting, Regents College, Manchester, 29th of July 2004
Conversion of a Continent
Timothy J. Steigenga & Edward L. Cleary (eds), “Conversion of a Continent: Contemporary Religious Change in Latin America”
Research on Pentecostalism in Sweden
This article aims to orientate and introduce potential researchers into Swedish Pentecostal movements, or those who wish to provide an overview of Scandinavian Christianity, by giving a brief summary of the history of Pentecostalism in Sweden and an overview of the main academic monographs that have been produced on this particular branch of Christianity. The idea is to highlight areas where we find relevant research and to point to areas into wh…
The Mataco of the Gran Chaco
Sammanfattning på spanska med titeln: Los Matacos del Gran Chaco : una descripción etnográfica de cambio y continuidad en su organización socioeconómica ; Tidigare utg. som diss.
Weenhayek Pentecostalism
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 prohibit…
Philosophy (5 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · History (3 obras) · Anthropology (2 obras) · Art (2 obras) · Epistemology (2 obras) · Geography (2 obras) · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (2 obras) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (1 obras) · Archaeology (1 obras)