Spirit-filled world : religious dis/continuity in African pentecostalism /: religious dis/continuity in African pentecostalism. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Allan Heaton Anderson.
• Authors: Anderson, Allan
• Contents: PART 1: AFRICAN PENTECOSTALISM IN CONTEXT 1. The Spirit of Dis/continuity Pentecostalism and the Continuity Debate Terminology and Presuppositions Spiritual Power and Spirituality The Argument of this Book 2. Pentecostalism in the Sub-Sahara Africa in the Twenty-First Century Reasons for the Growth of African Pentecostalism Globalization and the Religious Context South Africa and its Pentecostalism 3. Pentecostalism in a South African Township Soshanguve and the Research Project Pentecostalism in Soshanguve African Popular Religion and Christian Responses Methodological Issues and Challenges PART 2: A SPIRIT-FILLED WORLD 4. The Ambiguity of Ancestors The Traditional Role of Ancestors Urban Burial Rituals Indifference or Accommodation Confrontation with Evil Spirits 5. Witchcraft, Spirits, and Misfortune Witchcraft and Manipulation of Power Familiars, Evil Spirits, and Demons Witchcraft a Cause of Sickness Christian Responses to Misfortune Concepts of Prosperity and Success 6. Divination, Healing and Deliverance Healers, Diviners, and Witchdoctors Christian Responses to Divination Symbolic Healing and Rituals of Power Exorcism and Deliverance PART 3: THE SPIRIT IN A SPIRIT WORLD 7. Translating the Spirit World African Spirits and Christianity The Significance of Deliverance The Southern African Debate Responsible Syncretism Intercultural Theology 8. The Power of the Spirit Power, Life-Force, and the Spirit The Spirit's Power in a Spirit World Biblical Perspectives on Spirit Manifestations Biblical Concepts of Power and the Spirit Conclusions.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 276; Pentecostalism -- Africa; Spirituality -- Africa; Africa -- Church history; Africa -- Religion
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319737300
• Related ISBNs: 9783319737294
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