Se convertir et re-convertir au Ratanakiri (Cambodge). À propos du pentecôtisme en contexte pluriethnique et plurilinguistique

Abstract

Cambodian society, which is mainly Khmer and Buddhist, faces an inevitable diversification of its religious landscape. With one-third of its population below the poverty line, Cambodia has become a favoured target of Pentecostal churches with their salvation theology. The author will focus on analyzing both the temporary and structural limits of the penetration mode of Foursquare Church into Ratanakiri, a multiethnic and multilinguistic province in north-eastern Cambodia. The socialization, various types of proselytism and conversion trajectories performed by this Pentecostal church all reveal different facets of how to study the individuation process and the adaptation of the initial signs of this religious identity group (speaking in tongues, preaching, etc.).