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"Brill's Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism (BEGP) provides a comprehensive overview of worldwide Pentecostalism from a range of disciplinary perspectives. It offers analysis at the level of specific countries and regions, historical figures, movements and organizations, and particular topics and themes. The online version of the Encyclopedia is already available. See here . Pentecostal Studies draws upon areas of research such as anthropology, biblical studies, economics, gender studies, global studies, history, political science, sociology, theological studies, and other areas of related interest. The BEGP emphasizes this multi-disciplinary approach and includes scholarship from a range of disciplines, methods, and theoretical perspectives. Moreover, the BEGP is cross-cultural and transnational, including contributors from around the world to represent key insights on Pentecostalism from a range of countries and regions. Providing summaries of the key literature, the BEGP will be the standard reference for Pentecostal Studies. All articles are organized alphabetically with bibliographic information on scholarly work and directions for further reading. 62 important themes & topics in Pentecostalism Biographies of 129 historical figures Ca. 70 Pentecostal Movements & Organizations Development of Pentecostalism in 78 countries 5 Regional articles: Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, Latin-America"--

The phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism and evangelicalism around the world in recent decades has forced us to rethink what it means to be religious and what it means to be global. The success of these religious movements has revealed tensions and resonances between the public and the private, the religious and the cultural, and the local and the global. This volume provides a wide ranging and accessible, as well as ethnographically rich, perspective on what has become a truly global religious trend, one that is challenging conventional analytical categories within the social sciences. This bo

For decades, Pentecostalism has been one of the most powerful socio-cultural and socio-political movements in Africa. The Pentecostal modes of constructing the world by using their performative agencies to embed their rites in social processes have imbued them with immense cultural power to contour the character of their societies. Performing Power in Nigeria explores how Nigerian Pentecostals mark their self-distinction as a people of power within a social milieu that affirmed and contested their desires for being. Their faith, and the various performances that inform it, imbue the social matrix with saliences that also facilitate their identity of power. Using extensive archival material, interviews and fieldwork, Abimbola A. Adelakun questions the histories, desires, knowledge, tools, and innate divergences of this form of identity, and its interactions with the other ideological elements that make up the society. Analysing the important developments in contemporary Nigerian Pentecostalism, she demonstrates how the social environment is being transformed by the Pentecostal performance of their identity as the people of power.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A New Field? -- Section 1. Moralizing the World -- 1. Personhood: Sin, Sociality, and the Unbuffered Self in US Evangelicalism -- 2. Circulations: Evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity in Nineteenth-Century Singapore and Penang -- 3. Orientations: Moral Geographies in Transnational Ghanaian Pentecostal Networks -- Section 2. Language and Embodiment -- 4. Affect: Intensities and Energies in the Charismatic Language, Embodiment, and Genre of a North American Movement -- 5. Feminine Habitus: Rhetoric and Rituals of Conversion and Commitment among Contemporary South Korean Evangelical Women -- 6. Mobility: A Global Geography of the Spirit among Catholic Charismatic Communities -- Section 3. Transmission and Mediation -- 7. Mediating Money: Materiality and Spiritual Warfare in Tanzanian Charismatic Christianity -- 8. Mediating Culture: Charisma, Fame, and Sincerity in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- 9. Mediating Miracle Truth: Permanent Struggle and Fragile Conviction in Kyrgyzstan -- Section 4. The State and Beyond: New Relations, New Tensions -- 10. Politics of Sovereignty: Evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity and Politics in Angola -- 11. Politics of Prayer: Christianity and the Decriminalization of Cocaine in Guatemala -- 12. Politics of Tradition: Charismatic Globalization, Morality, and Culture in Polynesian Protestantism -- Afterword: The Anthropology of Global Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism -- About the Contributors -- Index.

"In sub-Saharan Africa, Pentecostalism is fast becoming the dominant expression of Christianity, but whilst the growth and civic engagement of these churches has been well documented, their role in development has received less attention. The Nigerian Pentecostal landscape is one of the most vibrant in Africa. Churches are increasingly assuming more prominent roles as they seek to address the social and moral ills of contemporary society, often in fierce competition with Islam for dominance in Nigerian public space. This book examines the contributions, both intentional and unintentional, of Nigerian Pentecostal churches and NGOs to development, studying their development practices broadly in relation to the intersecting spheres of politics, economics, health, education, human rights, and peacebuilding. Some scholars suggest that the combination of an enchanted worldview, an emphasis on miracles and prosperity teaching, and a preoccupation with evangelism, discourage effective political engagement and militate against development. However, Nigerian Pentecostalism and Development: Spirit, Power, and Transformation argues that there is an emerging movement within contemporary Nigerian Pentecostalism, which is becoming increasingly active in development practices. This book goes on to explore the increasingly transnational approach that the churches take, often seeking to build multicultural congregations around the globe, for instance in Britain and the United States. Nigerian Pentecostalism and Development: Spirit, Power, and Transformation will be of considerable interest to scholars and students concerned with the intersection between religion and development, and to development practitioners and policy makers working in the region"--