Enchanted Calvinism : labor migration, afflicting spirits, and Christian therapy in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana /

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Enchanted Calvinism's central proposition is that Ghanaian Presbyterian communities, both past and present, have become more enchanted -- more attuned to spiritual explanations of and remedies for suffering -- as they have become integrated into capitalist modes of production. The author draws...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mohr, Adam (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2013
Colección:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 58.
Temas:
Presbyterian Church of Ghana.
Spiritual healing > Ghana.
Spiritual healing > Christianity.
Healing > Ghana > Religious aspects.
Healing > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Ghanaians > United States > Religion.
Akan (African people) > Medicine.
Capitalism > Ghana > Religious aspects.
Guérison par la foi > Ghāna.
Guérison > Ghāna > Aspect religieux.
Guérison > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Christianity > Presbyterian.
LITERARY CRITICISM > African.
Capitalism > Religious aspects.
Healing > Religious aspects.
Spiritual healing.
Ghana.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ghana. The disenchantment of Ghana's Basel Mission, 1828-1918
  • Enchanted competition for the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, 1918-60s
  • The enchantment of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, 1960-2010.
  • North America. The school of deliverance and the enchantment of the Ghanaian Presbyterian churches in North America
  • The enchantment of the United Ghanaian Community Church, Philadelphia
  • Gendered transformations of enchanted Calvinism in the Ghanaian Presbyterian diaspora

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