CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Chitanava, Ekaterine |
|---|---|
| Title | Between Sinful and Righteous: Conversion to Pentecostalism in a Roma Community in Georgia |
| Summary | Pentecostal conversion which promotes an ideology of “born-again” is often conceptualized as a tool of self-empowerment. The Gospel of Prosperity preaches that people can attain wealth and success through the power of prayer. However, to achieve this, one has to break all links with their past. In a Roma community of Kobuleti, in Western Georgia Pentecostalism does something opposite. Instead of converting illiterate and powerless people into rational agents, it reproduces the structure of status differences and inequality. In this thesis I show that some Roma can hardly make a break; they go to the church, but at the same time cling to old cultural practices which are deemed to be demonical by Pentecostals. Because of these unsuccessful attempts of rupture, they are incomplete converts, standing on the margins of sinfulness and righteousness. |
| Supervisor | Vlad Naumescu;Dan Rabinowitz |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/chitanava_ekaterine.pdf |
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