Reviewed by Girish Daswani (University of Toronto). In an important thesis published in 1998, Birgit Meyer showed how making a ‘complete break with the past’ had become a central concern for Ghanaian Pentecostals. Five years later, Joel Robbins’ (2003) piece on the
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Wignall, “From Swagger to Serious”
Wignall, Ross. 2016. From Swagger to Serious: Managing Young Masculinities between Faiths at a Young Men’s Christian Association Centre in …
Taylor, “Reconsidering Samuel”
Taylor, Lauren A. 2016. Reconsidering Samuel: A Mental Health Caretaker at a Ghanaian Prayer Camp. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine …
Jennings, “Great Risk for the Kingdom”
Jennings, Mark Alan Charles. 2017. Great Risk for the Kingdom: Pentecostal-Charismatic Growth Churches, Pastorpreneurs, and Neoliberalism. In, Multiculturalism and the …
Lauterbach, “Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power”
Lauterbach, Karen. 2017. Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in Ghana. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Publisher’s Description: This book centers around …
Beck and Gundersen, “A Gospel of Prosperity?”
Beck, Sedefka V. and Sara J. Gundersen. A Gospel of Prosperity? An Analysis of the Relationship Between Religion and Earned …
Interview with Girish Daswani
The following is an interview with Girish Daswani, associate professor at the University of Toronto, conducted by Anna-Riikka Kauppinen, who …
Butticci, “African Pentecostals in Catholic Europe”
Butticci, Annalisa. 2016. African Pentecostals in Catholic Europe: The Politics of Presence in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University …
Marshall, “Destroying arguments and captivating thoughts”
Marshall, Ruth. 2016. Destroying arguments and captivating thoughts: Spiritual warfare prayer as global praxis. Journal of Religious and Political Practice. …
Oye-Lagudam, “African Religious Movements and Pentecostalism”
Oye-Laguda, Oguntola. 2015. African Religious Movements and Pentecostalism: The Model of Ijo-Orunmila, Ato. In, Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa …