Divine healing is the essential marker of the global phenomenon of
Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity. But although we know that
healing is central in these movements, we know surprisingly little
about how divine healing beliefs and practices reflect the
interplay of local and global patterns of cultural development. The
essays in this collection seek to discover what is the same and
what is different about such beliefs and practices in diverse
contexts, trace formal and informal lines of cultural influence
across geographic and national boundaries, and ask how healing both
reflects and contributes to larger processes of globalization. The
collection will not only flesh out a picture of how and why
spiritual healing is practiced in diverse cultural contexts and how
healing practices reflect and shape the transnational spread of
Christianity; it will also provide insight into the nature of
globalization. The authors will attend to a wide range of issues,
including the theological rationales for divine healing; the
symbolic objects and ritual enactments employed; the cultural
controversies surrounding these practices; the relationship between
Christian healing and local or indigenous healing traditions;
whether an emphasis on financial prosperity is always present; and
the extent to which Pentecostal and charismatic churches are
networked and the role of healing in such networks. All the essays
are new to this volume.
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