Postcolonial nationalism and neo‐Pentecostalism

A case from Papua New Guinea

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6307301
AutoresPriscila Santos Da Costa (0000-0003-2439-9960, Business IT Department IT University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume27
Fascículo3
Páginas895-909
Data de publicação2021-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/nana.12731
OpenAlexW3136799034
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas44

This article offers an anthropological analysis of a Papua New Guinean nationalist ideology deeply inspired by neo‐Pentecostalism. The basis for this study comes from ethnographic material collected during my fieldwork in the Parliament of Papua New Guinea (PNG), where I worked with a group of politicians and bureaucrats who have become known for their iconoclastic and evangelical actions, including their (in)famous destruction of traditional carvings. By mapping their narratives of nation building, I examine how two dimensions of Evangelical Christianity, namely, its focus on the Biblical scriptures and its demonology, were central to the formulation of this group's nationalist and postcolonial ideology. This work provides a contribution towards broader discussions on the effect of evangelical movements on nationalism around the contemporary world and, in particular, in the Global South

Ethnology · Nationalism · New guinea · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Asian Studies and History · Law