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2018

Afolayan, Adeshina ; Yacob-Haliso, Alajumoke ; Falola, Toyin.
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Pentecostalism and politics in Africa $c / edited by Adeshina Afolayan, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, and Toyin Falola.

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2018.

xix, 433 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

African histories and modernities.

Contents: Part I: Introduction. The Pentecostal and the political in Africa / Adeshina Afolayan, Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, and Toyin Falola. -- Explaining the growth and legitimation of the Pentecostal movement in Africa / Olufunke Adeboye. -- Part II: Pentecostalism and society in Africa. Pentecostalism, Islam, and religious fundamentalism in Africa / Marinus Chijioke Iwuchukwu. -- Buy the future: charismatic Pentecostalism and African liberation in a neoliberal world / Marleen de Witte. -- When Pentecostalism meets African indigenous religions: conflict, compromise, or incorporation? / Naar M'fundisi-Holloway. -- Pentecostal panopticism and the phantasm of 'the ultimate power' / Abimbola Adelakun. -- The Pentecostal and ecumenical movements in the African context / Ernst M. Conradiiiiiiiie. -- Pentecostalism, the prosperity gospel, and poverty in Africa / Samson O. Ijaola. -- Soft tongue, powerful voice, hugh influence: the dynamics of gender, soft power, and polical influence in faith evangelistic ministries in Kenya / Damaris Seleina Parsitau. -- The role of women, theology, and ecumenical organizations in the rise of Pentecostal churches in Botswana / Fidelis Nkomazana. -- Neither Jew nor Greek? : class, ethnicity, and race in the Pentecostal movement in Africa / Asonzeh Ukah. --

Part III: Pentecostalism and/as politics in Africa. Pentecostalism, political philosophy, and the political in Africa / Adeshina Afolayan. -- Political ramifications of some shifts in Nigeria's Pentecostal movement / Femi James Kolapo. -- Pentecostalism as an alternative social order in Africa / Samuel Zalanga. -- Pentecostals, conflict, and peace in Africa / Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso, and Rachael O. Iyanda. -- Leadership and power in the Pentecostal movement: selected case studies / Afolarin Olutunde Ojewole and Efe Monday Ehioghae. -- African Pentecostalism and modernity; critical reflections of tensions and social concerns / Samuel Zalanga. -- Pentecostalism, power, and politics in Nigeria / Kelvin Onongha. -- Part IV: Conclusion. African Pentecostal political philosophy: new directions in the study of Pentecostalism and politics / Nimi Wariboko.

Pentecostalism--Political aspects--Africa.
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Christianity and politics--Africa.
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