Religious revival in the Roman Catholic Church and the autochthony-allochthony conflict in Cameroon
Title | Religious revival in the Roman Catholic Church and the autochthony-allochthony conflict in Cameroon |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2003 |
Authors | P.J.J. Konings |
Secondary Title | Africa : journal of the International African InstituteAfrica |
Volume | 73 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 31 - 56 |
Date Published | 2003/// |
Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
Publication Language | eng |
Keywords | Baptist Church, Cameroon, Catholic Church, ethnic relations |
Abstract | This article explores the reasons for, and the repercussions of, a virulent and protracted crisis in the South West Province of anglophone Cameroon during the 1990s caused by the emergence of a Pentecostalism-inspired revival movement within the Roman Catholic Church. The so-called Maranatha movement and main-line Catholicism were viewed by both parties as incompatible, almost leading to a schism within the Church. The originally internal Church dispute gradually became a particularly explosive issue in the region when the politics of belonging, fuelled by the government and the regional elite during political liberalization, became pervasive. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract] |
Notes | post-print version |
IR handle/ Full text URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1887/3503 |
Citation Key | 640 |