ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the implications of participation in African-Caribbean Pentecostalism and the ways in which this religious framework provides its followers with a way of challenging the dominant representations of Black people and the terms of the interaction with others in contemporary British society. As the quote at the beginning of this work and the recurrence of race, nationality and ethnicity in actors' statements suggest, members are angered by the dominant terms of their representation in society and the resulting terms of their interaction. Identity as a 'Christian' cannot easily be assessed from the external appearance and actions of the individual, nor is it fixed; it requires constant discipline and religious work and is constructed and maintained through ritual participation. Throughout this work, 'identity' has been understood as that which results from the dynamic interplay between externally imposed dominant representations and subjective perceptions.
