Abstract
Within Haiti’s growing transnational Protestant community, there are different types of churches and adherents that practice traditional forms of Protestant Christianity (such as the Adventist, Methodist and Baptist faiths) and Pentecostal/Charismatic forms of Protestant Christianity. Using Michèle Lamont’s work on symbolic boundaries, I explore how Haitian Protestants living in New Providence, Bahamas, differentiate these two major Haitian Protestant church cultures through the use of denigrating terms about differing religious traditions. Churches which practice traditional forms of Haitian Protestantism, for example, are sometimes called touloutoutou churches. Churches where Pentecostal/Charismatic forms of Haitian Protestantism are practiced are sometimes referred to as tet mare churches by some Haitian Protestants. In addition, practitioners’ descriptions reflect issues of social class and contested notions of Christian authenticity among Haitian Protestants in the Bahamas.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 216-230 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2012 |
Keywords
- Les Bahamas
- Protestantism
- The Bahamas
- class
- classe sociale
- frontières symboliques
- language
- langue
- protestantisme
- symbolic boundaries
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Religious studies