African Pentecostalism : an introduction / Ogbu Kalu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalu, Ogbu.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pentecostalism--Africa--History.

Church history.

Pentecostalism.

History.

Africa--Church history--20th century.

Africa.

Physical Description:

xvi, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Summary:

In African Pentecostalism, Nigerian-born Ogbu Kalu provides a continentwide narrative account of Africa's burgeoning Pentecostal movement. The statistics behind this phenomenon are astounding-about 107 million Africans are Pentecostals, and the numbers continue to rise. Kalu's groundbreaking study reveals that the Pentecostal movement is not chiefly the result of foreign intervention. Rather, he identifies and emphasizes the native character of African Pentecostalism while paying close attention to the influences of non-African factors.

Through an analytical engagement with the current scholarship, Kalu balances global processes with local identities, blending seamlessly Western and African viewpoints. His unique perspective allows for a holistic understanding of African Pentecostalism that combines the historical, cultural, instrumentalist, and religious dimensions of a complex religious landscape, and invites us to explore a broad range of issues such as political theology, gender and authority, funding, theology, and the impact of reverse flow on African immigrant communities.

The only comprehensive look at African Pentecostalism, this study touches upon the movement's identity, the role of missionaries, media and popular culture, women, ethics, Islam, and immigration. The resulting work will prove invaluable to anyone interested in Christianity outside the West.

Contents:

Precedents in early charismatic movements, 1900-1960s

Oriki : genealogy and identity in Pentecostal historiography

Bakuzufu : contested identities and the quest for power in African Christianity

Moya : African charismatic initiatives and classical Pentecostal missionaries

Mademoni : African-instituted churches in Pentecostal rhetoric

The modern Pentecostal movement,1970s-1990s

Aliliki : charismatic resurgence of the 1970s

The big man of the big God : Pentecostalism, media, and popular culture in the 1980s

Elijah's mantle : Pentecostal re-evangelization of Africa in the 1990s

Gendered charisma : charisma and women in African Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism in the African public space

Sankofa : Pentecostalism in the African map of the universe

Masters on horses : the roots of Pentecostal public ethics

Tembisa : Pentecostal political theology and practices

Child of the bondwoman : Islam and Sharia in Pentecostal rhetoric

Pentecostal words and worlds

Standing on the Word : Pentecostal theologies

Reverse flow : Pentecostalism and immigrant African Christianity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-344) and index.

ISBN:

9780195340006

0195340000

9780195339994

0195339991

OCLC:

156891955