| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies ; Volume 15
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Global Pentecostal and Charismatic studies ; Volume 15.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pentecostalism in Africa: Presence and Impact of Pneumatic Christianity inPostcolonial Societies; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction: Presence and Impact of Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity in Africa; 2 ''Stretching out hands to God'': Origins and Development of Pentecostalism in Africa; 3 wfp Burton and the Birth of Congolese Pentecostalism; 4 Pentecostalism and the Transformation of the African Christian Landscape; 5 Unity and Diversity within African Pentecostalism: Comparison of the Christianities of Daniel Olukoya and David Oyedepo. |
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6 "All Answers": On the phenomenal success of a Brazilian Pentecostal Charismatic Church in South Africa7 Continuity, Change or Coevalness?: Charismatic Christianity and Tradition in Contemporary Tanzania; 8 Gender and Pentecostalism in Africa; 9 Pentecostalism, 'Post- secularism, ' and the Politics of Affect: In Africa and Beyond; 10 Pentecostalism and Development in sub-Saharan Africa; 11 Encoding Caesar's Realm -- Variants of Spiritual Warfare Politics in Africa; 12 Pentecostals and Politics in Nigeria and Zambia: An Historical Perspective. |
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13 Pentecostals and Politics: Redefining Big Man Rule in Africa14 The liveliness of Pentecostal/charismatic popular culture in Africa; Afterword; Index. |
| Summary |
Bringing together prominent Africanist scholars from a variety of disciplines, this book offers a comprehensive treatment of the social, cultural and political impact of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity in postcolonial sub Saharan Africa. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pentecostalism -- Africa.
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Pentecostalism. |
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Africa. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lindhardt, Martin, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pentecostalism in Africa. 9789004281868 900428186X (DLC) 2014034528 |
| ISBN |
9004281878 (electronic book) |
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9789004281875 (electronic book) |
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9789004281868 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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900428186X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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