The Pentecostal World

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The Pentecostal World provides a comprehensive and critical introduction to one of the most vibrant and diverse expressions of contemporary Christianity. Unlike many books on Pentecostalism, this collection of essays from all continents does not attempt to synthesize and simplify the movement’s inherent diversity and fragmented dispersion. Instead, the global flows of Pentecostalism are firmly grounded in local histories and expressions, as well as the various modes of their worldwide reproduction. The book thus argues for a new understanding of Pentecostal and Charismatic movements that accounts for the simultaneous processes of pluralization and homogenization in contemporary World Christianity. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors across various disciplines, the volume is comprised of six parts, with each offering a critical perspective on classical themes in the study of Pentecostalism. Led by a programmatic introduction, the thirty-six chapters within these parts explore a variety of themes: history and historiography, conversion, spirit beliefs and exorcism, prosperity, politics, gender relations, sexual identities, racism, development, migration, pilgrimage, interreligious relations, media, ecumenism, and academic research. The Pentecostal World is essential reading for students and researchers in anthropology, history, political science, religious studies, sociology, and theology. The book will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as culture studies, black studies, ethnic studies, and gender studies. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Contributors Introduction: Remaking the Pentecostal World1 PART I: Complicating “Roots” – The Global/Local Nexus in Pentecostal History 1. The Glocalization of Pentecostal Religion: The Case of Chile 2. No Eye has Seen: The Local and Global in Writing Australasian Pneumatic Christianity 3. One God, Many Movements: The Historical Narratives of Oneness Pentecostals 4. On the Footsteps of the Faith: The Nineteenth Century Transnational Foundations of Latin American Pentecostalism 5. Arrows Flying to the Five Continents: Hong Kong and the Pillars of Early Pentecostal Print Culture 6. Student Movements and Spiritual Identity in the Growth of Pentecostalism in Kenya PART II: Abandoning “Waves” – Localizing Pentecostal Historiography 7. Adversities and Peculiarities of Pentecostalism in Greece 8. Russian Pentecostals: From the USSR to Post-Soviet Russia 9. The Nigeria-Biafra Civil War and the Birth of Indigenous Neo-Pentecostalism in Igboland, 1967–1980 10. A Revival Within a Revival: The 1940s–1950s Canadian Latter Rain Movement and Its Influence in Global Charismatic Christianity 11. The Glocalization of the Assemblies of God During the Warlord Period in China 12. A Brief Account of the Revival Movements among the Nagas in North East India PART III: Contextualizing Spirituality – Pentecostal Demonology and Inter-Religious Encounters 13. Toward a Globally Contextual Model of U.S. Demonology and Deliverance 14. The Historical Implications of Wimber’s Theology of Healing and Deliverance 15. The Contextuality of a Pentecostal Witchcraft Theology in Nigeria 16. It Takes Two to Tangle? A Comparative Approach to Pentecostal Mission(s) in Muslim Zanzibar 17. Conversion and (Dis)Continuity among the Bhil Pentecostals of Rajasthan, India 18. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Latin America: Between Church Institution and Popular Religion PART IV: Problematizing Ethics: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Pentecostal Fragmentation 19. You Preach Like a Man: Beyond the Typical Gender Roles of Canadian Pentecostalism 20. Queering Black Pentecostalism in the United States 21. Early Black-Led Pentecostal Interraciality as a Site for Theorizing Race 22. Pentecostal Plurality and Sexual Politics in Africana Worlds 23. Female Pastoral Leadership, Ambivalent Femininities, and African Pentecostalism in Belgium 24. Ideological Coloniality and Decolonizing Worship Practice at Hillsong PART V: Mapping Power: Pentecostal Flows of Politics and Prosperity 25. Prayer Warriors in Global Entanglements 26. Grounding the Prosperity Gospel: Sites of Wealth and Power in Ghana 27. Pentecostalism and Global Development: Assessing Pentecostal Engagement with Social Development in Theory and Practice 28. Zambian (Unruly) Pentecostalism 29. The Many Faces of Pentecostal Politics: Socio-Anthropological Approaches from the Southern Cone 30. The Pentecostal Complex in Poland: Missionaries, Migrants, and Social Imaginaries PART VI: Tracing Homogeneities – Media, Knowledge, and Institutions in the Making of Pentecostal Identity 31. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal and Pope Francis Between Pastoral Openness and Ecclesiastical Centralization 32. What Role Does Ecumenism Play for Pentecostals? 33. Consuming is Believing: Pentecostal Material Culture in Argentina 34. Of Clouds and Cathedrals: Metaphor and Ambivalence in Charismatic Media Ideologies 35. Problematizing the Statistical Study of Global Pentecostalism: An Evaluation of David B. Barrett’s Research Methodology 36. Constructing Global Pentecostalism: The Role of the Academy Index