Pentecostalism and prosperity: the socio-economics of the global charismatic movement

Pentecostalism and prosperity: the socio-economics of the global charismatic movement

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While there are a growing number of researchers who are exploring the political and social aspects of the global Renewal movement, few have provided sustained socio-economic analyses of this phenomenon. The editors and contributors to this volume offer perspectivesin light of the growth of the Renewal movementin the two-thirds world. AMOS YONGJ. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology at Regent University School of Divinity, USA. KATHERINE ATTANASIAssistant Professor of Religious Studies at Regent University School of Undergraduate Studies, USA. INDICE: Introduction: Pentecostalism and Prosperity: Historical and GlobalContexts; 'K.L.Attanasi ' - PART I: THEOLOGY AND ETHICS OF PROSPERITY - A Typology of the Prosperity Theology: A Religious Economy of Global Renewal or a Renewal Economics?;' A.Yong' - Stop Worrying and Start Sowing! A Phenomenological Account of the Ethics of 'Divine Investment'; 'J.L.Walton' - PART II: PROSPERITY IN PRACTICE - Risky Careers and Spirit-Guided Prosperity: How ProsperityTheology is Uniquely Suited to the Uncertain Work Lives of Christians in Advanced Capitalism; 'G.Marti' - Under the Radar: Pentecostalism in South Africa and Its Potential Social and Economic Role - Centre for Development and Enterprise, Johannesburg, South Africa - The Prosperity Gospel among Filipino Catholic Charismatics; 'K.L.Wiegele' - The Prosperity Gospel in Brazilian Pentecostalism; 'P.Freston' - Pentecostal Paradigms of National Economic Prosperity in Africa; 'N.Wariboko ' - PART III: RESPONSES - An Economist's Response; 'D.A.Hicks ' - A Historian's Response; 'R.A.Chesnut' -

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-33828-9
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 288
  • Fecha Publicación: 09/02/2012
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés