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Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa

Part of the African Histories and Modernities Book Series

Editors: Afolayan, Adeshina; Yacob-Haliso, Olajumoke; Falola, Toyin

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74911-2

ISBN: 978-3-319-74910-5

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jun 30, 2018

1 - 10 of 19 Chapters

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Introduction: The Pentecostal and the Political in Africa

Afolayan, Adeshina; Yacob-Haliso, Olajumoke; Falola, Toyin

Pages: 3 –23

[This chapter provides a background to the different perspectives in this volume on the relationship between the Pentecostal and the political in Africa. It outlines the various views, arguments, and investigations that the individual chapters bring to the underlying questions: What are the...
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Explaining the Growth and Legitimation of the Pentecostal Movement in Africa

Adeboye, Olufunke

Pages: 25 –39

[In this chapter, Adeboye interrogates the supposed growth and acceptability of the Pentecostal movement in Africa. While the chapter explores various indices and strategies of growth, it argues that perennial turbulent splintering—a major shortcoming of African Pentecostalism—has often been...
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Pentecostalism, Islam, and Religious Fundamentalism in Africa

Iwuchukwu, Marinus Chijioke

Pages: 43 –63

[Pentecostalism, with around 100 million followers, accounts for 12% of Africa’s population. Fundamentalist Islam has been increasing in influence across Africa, and there are growing social tensions between Muslims and Christians in parts of Africa where Pentecostalism and Islamic fundamentalism...
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Buy the Future: Charismatic Pentecostalism and African Liberation in a Neoliberal World

de Witte, Marleen

Pages: 65 –85

[Concurring with the mounting pace of neoliberal reform, the rise of African charismatic Pentecostal churches since the 1980s points to the close link between political-economic shifts and religious renewal, and in particular between charismatic Pentecostalism and the neoliberal “market in...
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When Pentecostalism Meets African Indigenous Religions: Conflict, Compromise, or Incorporation?

M’fundisi-Holloway, Naar

Pages: 87 –100

[M’fundisi-Holloway explores the interface between Pentecostalism and African traditional religions in Africa. Focusing on the Zambian context, this chapter examines the product of this interface by interrogating themes of antagonism, negotiation, compromise, and incorporation. This contact...
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Pentecostal Panopticism and the Phantasm of “The Ultimate Power”

Adelakun, Abimbola

Pages: 101 –118

[This chapter studies the African Pentecostal phantasms of supernatural visibility, surveillance, and the procedures of power transacted in cinematic realism. Through the concept of panopticism as both a mode of supernatural surveillance and a representation of the triumph of Christian power,...
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The Pentecostal and Ecumenical Movements in the African Context

Conradie, Ernst M.

Pages: 119 –135

[Conradie argues in this chapter that the modern ecumenical movement and the Pentecostal movement emerged at more or less the same time, both with deep roots in African Christianity, the one primarily among the so-called mainline churches and the other from the margins of ecclesial and political...
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Pentecostalism, the Prosperity Gospel, and Poverty in Africa

Ijaola, Samson O.

Pages: 137 –158

[Ijaola argues in this chapter that, notwithstanding the prevalence of the prosperity gospel, the number of people living in poverty has been on the increase in Africa. The chapter uses historical criticism to examine the trajectory and performance of Pentecostalism and the prosperity gospel...
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Soft Tongue, Powerful Voice, Huge Influence: The Dynamics of Gender, Soft Power, and Political Influence in Faith Evangelistic Ministries in Kenya

Parsitau, Damaris Seleina

Pages: 159 –180

[Pentecostal female clergy are increasingly appropriating soft power to gain power and influence not just in their respective religious organizations but also in all aspects of public life. In this chapter, Parsitau examines how neo-Pentecostal female clergy in Kenya construct, appropriate, and...
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The Role of Women, Theology, and Ecumenical Organizations in the Rise of Pentecostal Churches in Botswana

Nkomazana, Fidelis

Pages: 181 –202

[In this chapter, Nkomazana discusses the role played by women in the rise of Pentecostal churches in Botswana. Given the patriarchal nature of leadership within both the African cultural and Christian contexts, he argues that this was a radical and historical development. This was complicated by...

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