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Record Nr.

UNINA9910903794903321

Titolo

African Pentecostalism from African Perspectives : Volume 1: Methods / / edited by Ezra Chitando, Lovemore Togarasei, Loreen Maseno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024

ISBN

9783031698842

3031698843

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 pages)

Collana

Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies, , 2634-5862

Disciplina

269.4096

Soggetti

Evangelicalism

Pentecostalism

Africa - Religion

Ethnology - Africa

Culture

Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism

African Religions

African Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1: Introduction: African Scholars and the Study of African Pentecostalism -- 2: Interpreting Pentecostalism and the Changing Religious Landscape in Africa -- 3: African Pentecostalism: A Preliminary Study of Approaches and Key Issues -- 4: Encountering African Pentecostalism: methodologies and evolving tendencies -- 5: From Face-to-Face to Online: Changing Spaces and Voices in African Pentecostalism -- 6: Investigating African Pentecostalism: The Problems, Prospects and Rewards of a Multi-sited Ethnography -- 7: Studying African Pentecostalism: One Woman Scholar’s Journey -- 8: “Are you Pentecostal?” Personal experiences in the study of African Pentecostalism -- 9: Tracing a personal journey towards Women in African Pentecostalism -- 10: Pentecostal Scholarship in Uganda: Trends, Trajectories and Challenges -- 11: The Study of Zambian Pentecostalism by Zambian Scholars: A Review -- 12: African



Scholarship on African Pentecostalism in Diasporic Contexts: An Overview -- 13: A Review of African Scholarship on African Pentecostalism and the Natural Environment.

Sommario/riassunto

Although African scholars have made a significant contribution to the study of African Pentecostalism, very few studies have reflected on their output. Most of the contemporary publications on the widespread phenomenon of African Pentecostalism create the impression that only scholars from the Global North have contributed to the field. This volume addresses the lacuna in the available scholarship by undertaking detailed analyses of how African scholars from diverse academic disciplines and African/Diasporan context have helped to shape the field. The included chapters engage in methodological debates on African scholars and African Pentecostalism, highlighting the various areas where African scholars have made (and are continuing to make) a contribution. Further, the volume provides fresh data on new themes and perspectives in the field. Ezra Chitando is a Professor of History and Phenomenology of Religion at the University of Zimbabwe, and World Council of Churches Theology Consultant on HIV and AIDS in Africa. Lovemore Togarasei is a Professor of Religious Studies at the Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe. Loreen Maseno is a Senior Lecturer at Maseno University, Kenya.