{"product_id":"looking-back-moving-forward-transformation-and-ethical-practice-in-the-ghanaian-church-of-pentecost-9781442626584","title":"Looking Back, Moving Forward: Transformation and Ethical Practice in the Ghanaian Church of Pentecost","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do Ghanaian Pentecostals resolve the contradictions of their own faith while remaining faithful to their religious identity? Bringing together the anthropology of Christianity and the anthropology of ethics, Girish Daswani's \u003cem\u003eLooking Back, Moving Forward\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the compromises with the past that members of Ghana's Church of Pentecost make in order to remain committed Christians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven as church members embrace the break with the past that comes from being \"born-again,\" many are less concerned with the boundaries of Christian practice than with interpersonal questions - the continuity of suffering after conversion, the causes of unhealthy relationships, the changes brought about by migration - and how to deal with them. By paying ethnographic attention to the embodied practices, interpersonal relationships, and moments of self-reflection in the lives of members of the Church of Pentecost in Ghana and amongst the Ghanaian diaspora in London, \u003cem\u003eLooking Back, Moving Forward\u003c\/em\u003e explores ethical practice as it emerges out of the questions that church members and other Ghanaian Pentecostals ask themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Girish Daswani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442626584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaswani, Girish:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eGirish Daswani\u003c\/strong\u003e is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44788708999283,"sku":"9781442626584","price":73.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_92f515ad-33c7-4208-b0cd-dcf1189bb942.jpg?v=1776372072","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/looking-back-moving-forward-transformation-and-ethical-practice-in-the-ghanaian-church-of-pentecost-9781442626584","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}