CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2007
| Author | Pop, Simion |
|---|---|
| Title | The Socio-Cultural Space of Pentecostalism in Transylvania: "Holy Trinity" Pentecostal Church in Bistrita |
| Summary | This study investigates the social and cultural dynamics of Pentecostalism in Transylvania by exploring the processes behind the successful anchoring of a particular Pentecostal congregation in Bistriţa, a Northern Transylvanian town: Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church. In order to understand the favourable social and cultural bases for the propagation of Pentecostal religious action in Transylvania in general, I elaborate a theoretical framework, which could account both for the intrinsic Pentecostal religious logic as it is articulated in a complex symbolic system and its elective affinities with broader modernization and globalization processes. The religion-specific factors that make Pentecostalism a strong competitor for local historical churches (Orthodox, Catholic or Protestant) with far-reaching socio-cultural consequences are 1) the individualization of faith 2) the articulation of a new religious authority regime and 3) the emergence of a new form of congregational life. On the basis of my ethnographic work on the Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church in Bistriţa, I argue that Pentecostalism was capable of developing the above mentioned religious themes so successfully mainly through its capacity to redefine the daily life of the believer. |
| Supervisor | Monterescu, Daniel |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2007/pop_simion.pdf |
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