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Health, Wealth, and Power in an African Diaspora Church in Canada.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion and Global Migrations SeriesPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (113 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137485496
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Health, Wealth, and Power in an African Diaspora Church in CanadaLOC classification:
  • BL60
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 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 -- References -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 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 -- References -- Index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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