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- Title
"Navajo Reservation Camp Meeting a Great Success!" The Advent of Diné Pentecostalism after 1950.
- Authors
Jenkins Marshall, Kimberly
- Abstract
Christianity has experienced dramatic growth among Navajos since 1950, and the exclusive practice of neo- Pentecostal Christianity can now, by some estimates, claim up to 20 percent of the Navajo population. The popularity of neo-Pentecostalism among Navajos has been attributed to cultural and economic stress put on Navajos after 1950. In this article, however, I situate the development of neo-Pentecostal faith among Navajos within the broader national movement of the Healing Revival that breathed new life into American Pentecostalism in the 1950s. I explore the two primary paths of contact between Navajos and the Healing Revival: visits to the "Miracle Revivals" of A. A. Allen in southern Arizona and attendance at charismatic healing revival meetings on the Navajo Nation. I argue that these two interrelated encounters facilitated Navajo ownership of Christianity through the encouragement of "anointed" Navajo leadership and the establishment of broad Pentecostal networks.
- Subjects
UNITED States; NATIVE American Pentecostals; NAVAJO (North American people); PENTECOSTALISM; REVIVALS (Religion); ALLEN, Asa A.; RELIGION
- Publication
Ethnohistory, 2015, Vol 62, Issue 1, p95
- ISSN
0014-1801
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1215/00141801-2681741