Spirit-Filled World - Religious Dis/Continuity in African Pentecostalism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book is about African Pentecostalism and its relationship to religious beliefs about a pervading spirit world. It argues that Pentecostalism keeps both a continuous and a discontinuous relationship in tension. Based on field research in a South African township, including qualitative interviews and focus group discussions, the study explores the context of African Pentecostalism as a whole and how it interacts with the concepts of ancestors, divination, and various types of spirit. Themes discussed include the reasons for the popularity of healing, exorcism, the "prosperity gospel," the experience of the Holy Spirit, Spirit manifestations and practices resembling both traditional and biblical precedents, as well as scholarly discussions on African Pentecostalism from theological and social scientific disciplines. The book suggests that the focus on a spirit-filled world affects all kinds of events and explains the rapid growth of Pentecostalism outside the western world.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies
Release date:	March 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Allan Heaton Anderson
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	274
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-73729-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > Pentecostal Churches Books > History > African history > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > Pentecostal Churches Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Other Protestant & Nonconformist Churches > Pentecostal Churches Promotions
LSN:	3-319-73729-5
Barcode:	9783319737294

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