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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817611203321

Autore

Aechtner T

Titolo

Health, Wealth, and Power in an African Diaspora Church in Canada / / by T. Aechtner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2015

ISBN

1-349-50371-1

1-137-48549-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 104 p.)

Collana

Religion and Global Migrations

Disciplina

289.9/409712338

Soggetti

Religion and sociology

Emigration and immigration

Ethnology—Africa

Sociology

Evangelicalism

Theology

Religion and Society

Migration

African Culture

Sociology, general

Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism

Christian Theology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Gospel and Holy Spirit Power.