Pentecostalism in Africa: Presence and Impact of Pneumatic Christianity in Postcolonial Societies

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-28186-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 572 g

Reihe: Global Pentecostal and Charism

Within recent decades Pentecostal/charismatic Christianity has moved from an initially peripheral position to become a force to be reckoned with within Africa’s religious landscape. Bringing together prominent Africanist scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this book offers a comprehensive and multifaceted treatment of the ways in which Pentecostal-Charismatic movements have shaped the orientations of African Christianity and extended their influence into other spheres of post-colonial societies such as politics, developmental work and popular entertainment. Among other things, the chapters of the book show how Pentecostal/charismatic Christianity responds to social and cultural concerns of Africans, and how its growth and increasingly assertive presence in public life have facilitated new kinds of social positioning and claims to political power.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Lindhardt, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Pfingstkirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Postkoloniale Geschichte, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Katholische Kirchen in Lateinamerika, Afrika, Indien und Asien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors are Allan Anderson, Richard Burgess, Jean Comaroff, Dave Garrard, Paul Gifford, Andreas Heuser, Ben Jones, William Kay, J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Martin Lindhardt, John F. McCauley, Katrien Pype, Jane Soothill, Ilana van Wyk.

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Lindhardt, Ph.D. (2004) is an associate professor of cultural sociology at the University of Southern Denmark. He is the author of “Power in Powerlessness. A Study of Pentecostal Life-Worlds in Urban Chile” (Brill 2012).