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

• Autore: Aechtner T
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2015.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (VIII, 104 p.)
• Disciplina: 289.9/409712338
• Soggetto topico: Religion and sociology; Emigration and immigration; Ethnology—Africa; Sociology; Evangelicalism; Theology; Religion and Society; Migration; African Culture; Sociology, general; Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism; Christian Theology
• Soggetto non controllato: Australian
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Health, Wealth, and Power in an African Diaspora Church in Canada
• ISBN: 1-349-50371-1; 1-137-48549-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817611203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion and Global Migrations