Ms Sophie Bremner
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Research Student | Sophie dot Bremner at uea dot ac dot uk |
Biography
My research is about Pentecostal Christianity in Kampala, Uganda. The main aim is to understand the processes through which converts, in particular poor adherents, appropriate and make sense of doctrine and religious practice, and especially as these relate to ideas of wealth, fortune and misfortune. In addition I am interested in how such practices and doctrine are gendered with a particular interested in the experiences of women.
I will begin fieldwork in Kampala in September 2006, for a period of approximately fifteen months.
This research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The dissertation of my Masters degree (MRes), which was also funded by the ESRC and DEV, focused on the changing experiences of female converts to Pentecostalism in Buddhist Thailand.
Supervisors
Cecile Jackson and Janet Seeley.
Academic Background
My first degree, an MA (Hons) at the University of Edinburgh, was in Social Anthropology with Development. My dissertation was concerned with evangelical missionaries from the developed world in Northern Thailand, and representations of Buddhist Thailand.
