Kimberly Jenkins Marshall Upward, Not Sunwise sku-53929622

In Upward, Not Sunwise: Resonant Rupture in Navajo Neo-Pentecostalism, Kimberly Jenkins Marshall examines a growing Native American neo-Pentecostal movement, especially the Oodlání, or “Believers,” among the Diné (Navajo). The movement has nearly sixty thousand members and combines evangelical theology, charismatic worship and decentralized Native control.

Evangelists spread it through faith healing at tent revivals. Participants value Navajo identity while rejecting ancestral beliefs as tools of the devil. Marshall has researched the movement since 2006 and presents a book-length study of Navajo neo-Pentecostalism. Her term “resonant rupture” describes how familiar Navajo forms can appeal to believers who give them new religious meanings.

She examines music, dance, Navajo-language poetry and faith-healing materials at revivals across the Navajo Nation. The book is a hardcover listed under Christian Books & Bibles. SKU: sku-53929622.