Health, Wealth, and Power in an African Diaspora Church in Canada /

This book investigates an African diaspora Christian community in Calgary, Alberta, and explores the ways in which the church's beliefs and practices impact the lives of its migrant congregation. In particular, it reveals the church's pronounced concern with the utility of the Prosperity G...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aechtner, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Colección:Religion and global migrations.
Temas:
Religion.
Evangelicalism.
Theology.
Religion and sociology.
Ethnology > Africa.
Sociology.
Emigration and immigration.
Religion
Theology
Sociology
Emigration and Immigration
Évangélisme.
Théologie.
Sociologie religieuse.
Ethnologie > Afrique.
Sociologie.
Émigration et immigration.
religion (discipline)
theology.
sociology.
sociology of religion.
Emigration and immigration
Ethnology
Evangelicalism
Religion and sociology
RELIGION > Christianity > Denominations.
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Now We Are Coming: Global Pentecostalism and the New African Diaspora; 2 Beliefs and Practices: The Prosperity Gospel and Holy Spirit Power; 3 One in Worship: Recapitulation, Transnational Identities, and Christian Pan-Africanism; 4 Not Even a Single Enemy: Homeland, Mission, and Responses to Racism; 5 The Spirit's Utility: Expressed Functionalism and APCC's Future; References; Index.

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