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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.
Pentecostalism has become the fastest growing Christian movement,
particularly outside Europe, and Allan Heaton Anderson is one of
the foremost scholars of this phenomenon. His innovative
interpretation of Pentecostalism focuses on the serious
contribution made by both western and Majority World participants
in its development. In this second edition of his leading
introductory course book, Anderson presents an updated global
history of the movement, which addresses significant events and
changes in recent years, and surveys important theoretical issues
such as gender and society, as well as politics and economics. The
book also offers a comprehensive explanation of the significance of
Charismatic Christianity throughout the world, plus its effect upon
the globalisation of religion and its transformation in the present
century. This new edition will be an important resource for those
studying Pentecostalism, Charismatic Christianity, theology and
sociology of religion.
Pentecostalism has become the fastest growing Christian movement,
particularly outside Europe, and Allan Heaton Anderson is one of
the foremost scholars of this phenomenon. His innovative
interpretation of Pentecostalism focuses on the serious
contribution made by both western and Majority World participants
in its development. In this second edition of his leading
introductory course book, Anderson presents an updated global
history of the movement, which addresses significant events and
changes in recent years, and surveys important theoretical issues
such as gender and society, as well as politics and economics. The
book also offers a comprehensive explanation of the significance of
Charismatic Christianity throughout the world, plus its effect upon
the globalisation of religion and its transformation in the present
century. This new edition will be an important resource for those
studying Pentecostalism, Charismatic Christianity, theology and
sociology of religion.
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