Global pentecostalism : encounters with other religious traditions
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Global pentecostalism : encounters with other religious traditions
(Library of modern religion, 5)
I. B. Tauris, 2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Pentecostalism is a movement within Christianity placing special emphasis on a believer's personal encounter with God through the Holy Spirit. It is arguably the world's fastest-growing form of religion. While exact figures are uncertain, there may now be as many as 500 million Pentecostals. Closely related to other forms of 'born-again' Christianity (Evangelical and Charismatic), Pentecostalism has been described as a religion 'made to travel'. From the outset it has been a strong missionary movement, and has been oriented towards recruitment and expansion. Research into this important form of Christianity has become more popular of late, but the movement's remarkably fast spread is still not well understood. In particular, its constant worldwide encounters with other religions and beliefs, as well as with different forms of Christianity, have seldom been explored at length.This rich and varied book remedies that neglect. Although its adherents supposedly preach a universal message, in practice Pentecostalism's global spread has resulted in increasing diversification.
The volume investigates the consequences of that spread, and of the accommodations Pentecostal missionaries have to make when faced by pluralism and the challenges posed by ecumenism. Ranging across every major continent, the contributors to the volume make a significant contribution towards a fuller and more complete understanding of this remarkable world faith.Pentecostalism is topical, fast-expanding, newsworthy and exotic. This is the definitive collection by international experts on the movement. It is the first book to address Pentecostalism's fascinating relationship with other faiths and beliefs.
Table of Contents
Preface
Contributors
Introduction, David Westerlund
Part I. Africa
Boundaries of South African Pentecostalism: The Case of the Assemblies of God, Kristina Helgesson Kjellin
Healing in Hear the Word Ministries Pentecostal Church Zimbabwe, Tabona Shoko
Pentecostal-Type Renewal and Disharmony in Ghanaian Christianity, Cephas Omenyo
Born Again Witches and Videos in Nigeria, Asonzeh Ukah and Magnus Echtler
Contesting God: Nigerian Pentecostals and Their Relations with Islam and Muslims, Asonzeh Ukah
Part II. Asia and Europe
Pentecostalism in India and China in the Early Twentieth Century
and Inter-Religious Relations, Allan Anderson
The Resurgence of Neo-Pentecostalism and Shamanism in Contemporary Korea, Sung-Gun Kim
From Sect to Denomination: The Russian Church of Evangelical Christians, Torsten Loefstedt
Pentecostalism and the Roma: Cultural Compatibility and Ethno-Genesis, David Thurfjell
Islam in Pentecostal Eyes: A Swedish Example, David Westerlund
Part III. Latin America
Casting Out Demons in Almolonga: Spiritual Warfare and Economic Development in a Maya Town, Virginia Garrard-Burnett
Pentecostalism in Colombia as Fundamentalism and Feminism, Elisabeth Brusco
Contemporary Pentecostal-Catholic Encounters in Argentina, Hans Geir Aasmundsen
Religion as (Blurred) Moral Boundaries: Umbanda and Pentecostalism in a Changing Social Context, Daniel Miguez
Traditional Amerindian Religion - in the Eyes of an Indigenous Pentecostal Church, Jan-Ake Alvarsson
Index
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