The Anthropology of Global Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism

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The phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism around the world in recent decades has forced us to rethink what it means to be religious and what it means to be global. The success of these religious movements has revealed tensions and resonances between the public and the private, the religious and the cultural, and the local and the global. This volume provides a wide ranging and accessible, as well as ethnographically rich, perspective on what has become a truly global religious trend, one that is challenging conventional analytical categories within the social sciences. This book informs students and seasoned scholars alike about the character of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism not only as they have spread across the globe, but also as they have become global movements. Adopting a broadly anthropological approach, the chapters synthesize the existing literature on Pentecostalism and evangelicalism even as they offer new analyses and critiques. They show how the study of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism provides a fresh way to approach classic anthropological themes; they contest the frequent characterization of these movements as conservative religious, social, and political forces; and they argue that Pentecostalism and evangelicalism are significant not least because they encourage us to reflect on the intersections of politics, materiality, morality and law. Ultimately, the volume leaves us with a clear sense of the cultural and social power, as well as the theoretical significance, of forms of Christianity that we can no longer afford to ignore.  Cover Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: A New Field? SECTION 1. MORALIZING THE WORLD 1. Personhood: Sin, Sociality, and the Unbuffered Self in US Evangelicalism 2. Circulations: Evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity in Nineteenth-Century Singapore and Penang 3. Orientations: Moral Geographies in Transnational Ghanaian Pentecostal Networks SECTION 2. LANGUAGE AND EMBODIMENT 4. Affect: Intensities and Energies in the Charismatic Language, Embodiment, and Genre of a North American Movement 5. Feminine Habitus: Rhetoric and Rituals of Conversion and Commitment among Contemporary South Korean Evangelical Women 6. Mobility: A Global Geography of the Spirit among Catholic Charismatic Communities SECTION 3. TRANSMISSION AND MEDIATION 7. Mediating Money: Materiality and Spiritual Warfare in Tanzanian Charismatic Christianity 8. Mediating Culture: Charisma, Fame, and Sincerity in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9. Mediating Miracle Truth: Permanent Struggle and Fragile Conviction in Kyrgyzstan SECTION 4. THE STATE AND BEYOND: NEW RELATIONS, NEW TENSIONS 10. Politics of Sovereignty: Evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity and Politics in Angola 11. Politics of Prayer: Christianity and the Decriminalization of Cocaine in Guatemala 12. Politics of Tradition: Charismatic Globalization, Morality, and Culture in Polynesian Protestantism Afterword: The Anthropology of Global Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism About the Contributors Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z