Migrer et réveiller les Églises : Diversification des cultes chrétiens en Tunisie

In this article the author analyzes the religious practices of sub-Saharan Africans Christians in Tunisia and the recomposition of the religious landscape arising from the installation of the African Development Bank (ADB) in the capital. In this Muslim country where the history of the Churches is e...

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Main Author: Katia Boissevain
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: CNRS Éditions 2014-12-01
Series:L’Année du Maghreb
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/anneemaghreb/2253
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description In this article the author analyzes the religious practices of sub-Saharan Africans Christians in Tunisia and the recomposition of the religious landscape arising from the installation of the African Development Bank (ADB) in the capital. In this Muslim country where the history of the Churches is embedded in colonial history, playing host to African Christians contributes to complicate identity and religious affiliations. After describing the circumstances of the installation of Africans in Tunisia and their sociological diversity, the article describes the revival of Catholic and Protestant churches across the country, mainly due to the involvement of African students. Finally, the author details the issues at stake with the installation of an African Pentecostal Church, the Redeemer Church of Champions, born in Nigeria and in activity in an upscale area of Tunis since 2005. This highlights the special place that Tunisian converts hold in the churches discourse of religious conquest.
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spellingShingle Katia Boissevain
Migrer et réveiller les Églises : Diversification des cultes chrétiens en Tunisie
L’Année du Maghreb
Tunisia
religious conversion
Pentecostalism
African migration
evangelism
title Migrer et réveiller les Églises : Diversification des cultes chrétiens en Tunisie
title_full Migrer et réveiller les Églises : Diversification des cultes chrétiens en Tunisie
title_fullStr Migrer et réveiller les Églises : Diversification des cultes chrétiens en Tunisie
title_full_unstemmed Migrer et réveiller les Églises : Diversification des cultes chrétiens en Tunisie
title_short Migrer et réveiller les Églises : Diversification des cultes chrétiens en Tunisie
title_sort migrer et reveiller les eglises  diversification des cultes chretiens en tunisie
topic Tunisia
religious conversion
Pentecostalism
African migration
evangelism
url https://journals.openedition.org/anneemaghreb/2253
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