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Pentecostalism and development : churches, NGOs and social change in Africa

[NT 42944] Record Type:	[NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
[NT 47348] Title Information:	churches, NGOs and social change in Africa
[NT 47353] Alternative Intellectual Responsibility:	FreemanDena.,
[NT 47351] Place of Publication:	Basingstoke [Jerusalem]
[NT 47263] Published:	Palgrave Macmillan; Van Leer Jerusalem Institute;
[NT 47352] Year of Publication:	c2012
[NT 47264] Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 235 p.)
[NT 47298] Series:	Non-governmental public action series
[NT 47266] Subject:	Christianity - Economic aspects - Africa. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Pentecostalism - Economic aspects - Africa. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Economic development - Religious aspects -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Non-governmental organizations - Religious aspects. - Africa -
[NT 47266] Subject:	RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues -
[NT 47266] Subject:	RELIGION / Christianity / General -
[NT 51458] Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137017253
[NT 47265] Notes:	Description based on print version record.
[NT 51398] Summary:	"The practice and discipline of development was founded on the belief that religion was not important to development processes. As societies developed and modernised, it was assumed that they would also undergo a process of secularisation. However, the prominence of religion in many countries and its effects on people's social, political and economic activities calls this assumption into question. Pentecostal Christianity has spread rapidly throughout Africa since the 1980s and has been a major force for change. This book explains why and shows how Pentecostalism articulates with local level development processes. As well as exploring the internal model of 'development' which drives Pentecostal organisations, contributors compare Pentecostal churches and secular NGOs as different types of contemporary development agents and discern the different ways in which they bring about change. At the heart of this book, then, is an exploration of processes of individual and social transformation, and their relevance to understandings of the successes and failures of development"--Provided by publisher.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9781137017253electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	1137017252electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	hbk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	hbk.
[NT 60779] Content Note:	The Pentecostal ethic and the spirit of development / Dena Freeman Pentecostalism, populism and the new politics of affect / Jean Comaroff Prosperity gospels and enchanted worldviews : two responses to socio-economic transformation in Tanzanian Pentecostal Christianity / P�aivi Hasu Pentecostalism and post-development : exploring religion as a developmental ideology in Ghanaian migrant communities / Rijk van Dijk Pentecostal and development imaginaries in West Africa / Charles Piot Saving development : secular NGOs, the Pentecostal revolution and the search for a purified political space in the Taita Hills, Kenya / James H. Smith Development and the rural entrepreneur : Pentecostals, NGOs and the market in the Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia / Dena Freeman Pentecostalism, development NGOs and meaning in Eastern Uganda / Ben Jones Agents of gendered change : empowerment, salvation and gendered transformation in urban Kenya / Damaris Parsitau.

Pentecostalism and development : churches, NGOs and social change in Africa
Pentecostalism and development : churches, NGOs and social change in Africa / edited by Dena Freeman. - Basingstoke [Jerusalem] : Palgrave Macmillan, c2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 235 p.). - (Non-governmental public action series).
The Pentecostal ethic and the spirit of development / Dena Freeman.
Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographical references and index..
ISBN 9781137017253ISBN 1137017252
ChristianityPentecostalismEconomic developmentNon-governmental organizationsRELIGION / Christian Life / Social IssuesRELIGION / Christianity / General -- Economic aspects -- Economic aspects -- Religious aspects -- Religious aspects. -- Africa. -- Africa. -- Africa

Freeman, Dena.

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