Introduction
The Introduction follows a spiral movement beginning with the author’s motivation for choosing this area of study and moving into locating the themes of the study within the context of related literature. It narrows down the theoretical area from the broader field of new religious movements to Pentecostal–Charismatic Christianity and to more specifically the neo-Pentecostal movement. Thus the basic premises that gird this study and the reasons for choosing the theoretical and geographical fields of the study are highlighted. Thereafter, the physical area is explored by locating the fieldwork. The narration of the author’s field experiences takes one deeper into the personal space of the identity of the author both as a native anthropologist and an outsider. The chapter ends with the theoretical scheme of the book by outlining the chapters.