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

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Contents

List of Contributors

1 Introduction: Presence and Impact of Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity in Africa

2 ‘‘Stretching out hands to God’’: Origins and Development of Pentecostalism in Africa

3 wfp Burton and the Birth of Congolese Pentecostalism

4 Pentecostalism and the Transformation of the African Christian Landscape

5 Unity and Diversity within African Pentecostalism: Comparison of the Christianities of Daniel Olukoya and David Oyedepo

6 “All Answers”: On the phenomenal success of a Brazilian Pentecostal Charismatic Church in South Africa

7 Continuity, Change or Coevalness?: Charismatic Christianity and Tradition in Contemporary Tanzania

8 Gender and Pentecostalism in Africa

9 Pentecostalism, ‘Post- secularism,’ and the Politics of Affect: In Africa and Beyond

10 Pentecostalism and Development in sub-Saharan Africa

11 Encoding Caesar’s Realm – Variants of Spiritual Warfare Politics in Africa

12 Pentecostals and Politics in Nigeria and Zambia: An Historical Perspective

13 Pentecostals and Politics: Redefining Big Man Rule in Africa

14 The liveliness of Pentecostal/charismatic popular culture in Africa

Afterword

Index