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Prosperity Gospel

Haynes, “The Benefit of the Doubt”

Haynes, Naomi. (2019) ‘The Benefit of the Doubt: On the Relationship Between Doubt and Power’. Anthropological Quarterly. 92(1): 35-57. Abstract: Anthropological studies …

May 30, 2019 ndca-admin

St. Clair, “‘God Even Blessed Me with Less Money’”

St. Clair, George.  2017. ‘God Even Blessed Me with Less Money’: Disappointment, Pentecostalism and the Middle Classes in Brazil.  Journal …

April 4, 2017 ndca-admin

Haynes, “Moving by the Spirit”

Haynes, Naomi. 2017. Moving by the Spirit: Pentecostal Social Life on the Zambian Copperbelt. Oakland: University of California Press.  Publisher’s description: This …

February 25, 2017 ndca-admin

McGee, “Brand New Theology”

McGee, Paula L.  2016. Brand® New Theology: The Wal-Martization of T.D. Jakes and the New Black Church. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis …

January 30, 2017 ndca-admin

Heuser, Andreas, ed. 2015. Pastures of Plenty: Tracing Religio-Scapes of Prosperity Gospel in Africa and Beyond

Reviewed by Hans Olsson (Lund University). This multidisciplinary volume adds to a growing body of scholarly work focusing on the highly debated topic of Pentecostal-Charismatic prosperity teachings (a.k.a., the faith gospel or health and wealth gospel).

January 26, 2017 ndca-admin

Coleman, “The Prosperity Gospel: Debating Charisma, Controversy and Capitalism”

Coleman, Simon. 2016. The Prosperity Gospel: Debating Charisma, Controversy and Capitalism. In Stephen J. Hunt, ed., Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity: …

May 11, 2016 ndca-admin

Cezula, “Reading the Bible in an African Context”

Cezula, Ntozakhe. 2015. Reading the Bible in the African context: Assessing Africa’s love affair with prosperity Gospel. Stellenbosch Theological Journal …

February 18, 2016 ndca-admin

Bowler, Kate. 2013. Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel.

Reviewed by Martin Lindhardt (University of Southern Denmark). Kate Bowler’s book is an important and highly readable contribution to our understanding of the history and significance of the so-called prosperity gospel

January 5, 2016 ndca-admin

Aechtner, “Health, Wealth, and Power”

Aechtner, Thomas. 2015. Health, Wealth, and Power in an African Diaspora Church in Canada. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. Publisher’s Description: …

January 5, 2016 ndca-admin

Daswani, “A prophet but not for profit”

Daswani, Girish. 2015. “A prophet but not for profit: ethical value and character in Ghanaian Pentecostalism.” JRAI DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.12336 [Pre-publication release]. Abstract: The anthropological …

December 31, 2015 ndca-admin

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Sacred Heart - Naomi Haynes
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