Spirit-Filled World

Religious Dis/Continuity in African Pentecostalism
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-73729-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

Reihe: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anderson, Allan Heaton

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Pfingstkirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Spirit of Dis/continuity.- 2. Pentecostalism in the Sub-Sahara.-3. Pentecostalism in a South African Township.- 4. The Ambiguity of Ancestors.- 5. Witchcraft, Spirits, and Misfortune.- 6. Divination, Healing and Deliverance.- 7. Translating the Spirit World.- 8. The Power of the Spirit.

Über Autor(innen)

Allan Heaton Anderson is Professor of Mission and Pentecostal Studies at the University of Birmingham, England. He is author of many articles and books, including An Introduction to Pentecostalism (2014), To the Ends of the Earth (2013), and Spreading Fires (2007).