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Book Synopsis Since the 1990s, an increasing number of young men in Cameroon have aspired to play football as a career and a strategy to migrate abroad. Migration through the sport promises fulfillment of masculine dreams of sports stardom, as well as opportunities to earn a living that have been hollowed out by the country’s long economic stalemate. The aspiring footballers are increasingly turning to Pentecostal Christianity, which allows them to challenge common tropes of young men as stubborn and promiscuous, while also offering a moral and bodily regime that promises success despite the odds. Yet the transnational sports market is tough and unpredictable: it demands disciplined young bodies and introduces new forms of uncertainty. This book unpacks young Cameroonians' football dreams, Pentecostal faith, obligations to provide, and desires to migrate to highlight the precarity of masculinity in structurally adjusted Africa and neoliberal capitalism.Trade Review “[This book] is a welcome addition to the literature on African masculinity, global professional sport, neoliberalism, and Pentecostalism. I find it particularly laudable that the book is concise and relatively short. Its main arguments and analytical observations are well written and empirically saturated.” • JRAI (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute) “Overall, the book is a very exciting journey into one of the shadiest corners of the global football industry… [It] is an important analytical contribution to the fields of sports science, ethnography, and other disciplines focusing on contemporary postcolonialism, the global economy, and young masculinities. It contains an impressive breadth in its research overview as well as a clarifying depth in its analysis…Kovač’s book is an eye-opener for anyone prepared to see and understand. Football’s systematic exploitation of young men, a kind of trafficking, is going on at this very moment and the question is whether the majority of us wants to keep the current order or try to change it. After reading Kovač’s book, I am doubtful that this system is sustainable in the long run." • idrottsforum.org “This is an extraordinarily high-quality book, destined to make a mark in Africanist scholarship. Simply by demonstrating the connection between football and Pentecostalism in Cameroon, Kovac’s manuscript takes a step I have never seen before, examining a kind of confluence of two global movements into a local production of masculine subjects.” • Sasha Newell, Université libre de Bruxelles, author of The Modernity Bluff: Crime, Consumption, and Citizenship in Cote D'Ivoire “Tells the fascinating story of young Cameroonians, who opt for football as a career to bring them global mobility and attain what the author calls ‘moral masculinity' … The story is full of unexpected turns, bringing in a wide array of aspects and actors.” • Peter Geschiere, University of Amsterdam, author of The Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship, and Exclusion in Africa and EuropeTable of Contents List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Precarity, Spirituality, and Masculinities Chapter 1. Dreams of Mobility: Football between Politics, Economy, Spirituality, and Transnational Markets Chapter 2. “This Is a Business, Not a Charity”: Political and Moral Economy of Football and the Production of the Suffering Subject Chapter 3. Becoming Useful and Humble: Moral Masculinities in Uncertain Times Chapter 4. “Tapping the Power”: Ruptures and Continuities in the Spiritual World of Football Chapter 5. Anxious Athletes, Spiritual Wives: Football, Pentecostalism, and the Body Conclusion: Masculinities, Faith, and the Production of Aspiration References Index

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Book SynopsisThe enormous Pentecostal and charismatic movement—often called Renewalist—has highlighted the power of the Holy Spirit but has rarely emphasized the movement’s educational range and reach. Formal and informal teaching in many schools, colleges, seminaries, church campuses, homes, and parachurches all contribute to a scattered and varied teaching impetus. Pentecostal and Charismatic Education: Renewalist Education Wherever it is Found looks at education through the eyes of those who see God at work in the world through the church and beyond. The book explores questions like: What should parents look for in a child’s education and what choices do they have? What educational role can churches have? This book offers a worldview invested with traditional Christian theology, but also enlivened by an understanding of the continuing outpouring of the Holy Spirit.Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter One: Aims, Ethics, and Means of EducationChapter Two: How Did We Get Here?Chapter Three: Theory and OrientationChapter Four: Science and Human DevelopmentChapter Five: Primary EducationChapter Six: Secondary EducationChapter Seven: Higher EducationChapter Eight: Parachurch EducationChapter Nine: Church EducationConclusionBibliographyAbout the Authors

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Book SynopsisAmong many of his influences, James K. A. Smith set the agenda for Pentecostal philosophy with the publication of Thinking in Tongues, which addressed a wide range of philosophical loci through the lens of Pentecostal spirituality. In particular, he articulated an epistemology called narrative, affective knowledge, one that carefully utilizes the resources from continental philosophy and Pentecostalism. In Pentecostalism, Postmodernism, and Reformed Epistemology: James K. A. Smith and the Contours of a Postmodern Christian Epistemology, while accepting the broader descriptions of narrative, affective epistemology, Yoon Shin critically modifies and strengthens Smith’s epistemology through careful exposition and critique and with the aid of wide-ranging resources, such as moral psychology, philosophy of emotion, postliberalism, and Reformed epistemology. Through his exposition, Shin argues that Smith’s Pentecostal epistemology is not uniquely Pentecostal, but postliberal and postmodern. Against Smith’s insistence that to be a Christian postmodern is to be a relativist, Shin critiques Smith’s misunderstanding of postliberalism and its realist commitment and argues for a performative correspondence theory of truth. Moreover, he expands on Smith’s thin prescription for knowledge by enlisting the aid of Reformed epistemology. Through dialogue with Reformed epistemology, Shin identifies three areas for dialogue between postmodern and Reformed epistemology in service of developing a postmodern Christian epistemology. Trade Review“Yoon Shin’s engaging study stages a constructive conversation few may have thought possible, namely that between Reformed epistemology, postmodern philosophy, and Pentecostal theology. The result is a substantive and creative proposal—a ‘mashup epistemology’ as Shin styles it—that greatly enriches our thinking about religious knowledge and the possibilities available for Christian reflection upon the quality of our knowledge.” -- Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen"Combining the most stimulating debates of the last decade, Yoon Shin courageously ventures into the seemingly contradictory interests of Pentecostal, Evangelical, Reformed and postmodern epistemologies through the lens of one of their chief interlocutors, James K.A. Smith. Critical and constructive, combining philosophy, theology, hermeneutics, and cultural studies, this conversation is an advocate for a postmodern Christian epistemology grounded in the concrete embodiment of the human situation." -- Wolfgang Vondey, University of Birmingham"In this significant work, Yoon Shin brings James K.A. Smith’s postmodern epistemology into a much-need conversation with Reformed epistemology. The result is a magnificently lucid and engaging product that will mark a watershed moment in Pentecostalist scholarship. Pentecostalism, Postmodernism, and Reformed Epistemology: James K. A. Smith and the Contours of a Postmodern Christian Epistemology will be treasured by scholars for its rigorous argumentation, clarity, and depth of insight. A real tour de force! " -- Brian Lightbody, Brock UniversityTable of ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction Part 1: Smith’s Pentecostal EpistemologyChapter 1: Pentecostal Spirituality and PostmodernismChapter 2: Pentecostal EpistemologyChapter 3: Pretheory, Theory, and Their Integrated Relationship Part 2: Smith’s Postmodern EpistemologyChapter 4: Postmodern Hermeneutic EpistemologyChapter 5: Smith the Relativist? Chapter 6: Against Narrative, Affective KnowledgePart 3: Reformed and Postmodern EpistemologyChapter 7: Plantinga’s Reformed Epistemology Chapter 8: Warranted Christian Belief Chapter 9: Reformed Epistemology, Postmodernism, and a Way ForwardConclusion: Contours of a Postmodern Christian EpistemologyGlossaryBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisIn Pentecostalism, Postmodernism, and Reformed Epistemology, Yoon Shin critically builds on James K. A. Smith’s postmodern Pentecostal epistemology with the aid of Reformed epistemology. It takes the reader through an interdisciplinary journey that exposits and illumines the relationship among Pentecostal spirituality, continental and analytic philosophy, postliberalism, moral psychology, and philosophy of emotion. This work clarifies misunderstandings of Smith, in Smith, and between continental and analytic epistemology, constructively and coherently synthesizing the sources through interdisciplinary analysis and thereby demonstrating the value of mashup philosophy. The resulting epistemology strengthens the mostly descriptive epistemology of Smith with the warrant criteria of Alvin Plantinga.Trade Review“Yoon Shin’s engaging study stages a constructive conversation few may have thought possible—namely, that among Reformed epistemology, postmodern philosophy, and Pentecostal theology. The result is a substantive and creative proposal—a ‘mashup epistemology,’ as Shin styles it—that greatly enriches our thinking about religious knowledge and the possibilities available for Christian reflection upon the quality of our knowledge.” -- Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen"Combining the most stimulating debates of the last decade, Yoon Shin courageously ventures into the seemingly contradictory interests of Pentecostal, Evangelical, Reformed, and postmodern epistemologies through the lens of one of their chief interlocutors, James K.A. Smith. Critical and constructive, combining philosophy, theology, hermeneutics, and cultural studies, this conversation advocates for a postmodern Christian epistemology grounded in the concrete embodiment of the human situation." -- Wolfgang Vondey, University of Birmingham"In this significant work, Yoon Shin brings James K.A. Smith’s postmodern epistemology into a much-needed conversation with Reformed epistemology. The result is a magnificently lucid and engaging product that will mark a watershed moment in Pentecostalist scholarship. Pentecostalism, Postmodernism, and Reformed Epistemology: James K. A. Smith and the Contours of a Postmodern Christian Epistemology will be treasured by scholars for its rigorous argumentation, clarity, and depth of insight. A real tour de force! " -- Brian Lightbody, Brock University"In conversation with the work of James K. A. Smith, Shin seeks to make good on showing how postmodern philosophy and Reformed epistemology can inform one another and contribute to the task of developing a postmodern Christian epistemology. This book is refreshingly astute in its discussion of the relevant issues, its interdisciplinary and comparative analysis, and its constructive proposal. Shin deserves our gratitude for paving the way toward a richer understanding of such a possibility!" -- Frederick Aquino, Graduate School of Theology, Abilene Christian UniversityTable of ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction Part 1: Smith’s Pentecostal EpistemologyChapter 1: Pentecostal Spirituality and PostmodernismChapter 2: Pentecostal EpistemologyChapter 3: Pretheory, Theory, and Their Integrated Relationship Part 2: Smith’s Postmodern EpistemologyChapter 4: Postmodern Hermeneutic EpistemologyChapter 5: Smith the Relativist? Chapter 6: Against Narrative, Affective KnowledgePart 3: Reformed and Postmodern EpistemologyChapter 7: Plantinga’s Reformed Epistemology Chapter 8: Warranted Christian Belief Chapter 9: Reformed Epistemology, Postmodernism, and a Way ForwardConclusion: Contours of a Postmodern Christian EpistemologyGlossaryBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisAs younger generations drift away from evangelical churches, the number of religiously unaffiliated young adults grows. Is the drift because of politics, personal morality, rebelliousness, culture wars, or something else? In this project, 16 young adults from the Churches of Christ participate in qualitative interviews over a five-year span. They describe messages they learned about success and survival from their faith communities as children, and how they have embraced and reinterpreted those messages into helpful life principles as adults. The resulting study explores issues of ethnicity in evangelical borderland communities and contrasts Latinx narratives with white narratives in religious and educative contexts. Findings also revealed gendered narratives, class-based narratives, and the glaring absence of helpful narratives around sexuality, filtered through the lenses of religion and education. The central finding of the interviews is this: participants experienced the Church of Christ as rewarding conformity with community, a strategy (when it works) which secures the future of the denomination and cements a conservative doctrine in the next generation of leadership. However, the study concludes that true survival narratives were the narratives participants constructed in response to the narratives provided by Churches of Christ.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: How to Make It HereChapter 1: Constructing the Survival NarrativeChapter 2: The Hermeneutical Circle of Ethics as Qualitative MethodologyChapter 3: Religion: “Everyone in the Car!”Chapter 4: Identities: “Everyone Loves a Mirror”Chapter 5: Education: “How to Make It Here”Chapter 6: Mechanism beneath the MessageConclusion: The Essential NarrativesAppendixBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book Synopsis Co-authored by three anthropologists with long–term expertise studying Pentecostalism in Vanuatu, Angola, and Papua New Guinea/the Trobriand Islands respectively, Going to Pentecost offers a comparative study of Pentecostalism in Africa and Melanesia, focusing on key issues as economy, urban sociality, and healing. More than an ordinary comparative book, it recognizes the changing nature of religion in the contemporary world – in particular the emergence of “non-territorial” religion (which is no longer specific to places or cultures) – and represents an experimental approach to the study of global religious movements in general and Pentecostalism in particular.Trade Review “… a valuable addition to the literature on Pentecostalism. It is an experiment in comparative anthropology which employs an intriguing and innovative method and theory… This book is likely to stimulate salutary re-thinking about what passes as ‘established’ assumptions about the nature, history, and theory of Pentecostal research in the social sciences.” • Contemporary Religion “… a rich comparative study of sites in Africa and Melanesia in the thrall and thick of ‘Pentecost.’… [It] succeeds as a comparative and collective ethnography of three sites of modern ‘Pentecost,’ encouraging readers to see ‘Pentecostalism’ as not merely a new religious movement but rather a multiplicity of new religious movements, for they are many, emerging from and embedded within distinct historical and cultural contexts…It will also provide sociologists of religion who study new religious movements ethnographically with much food for thought and many opportunities for scholarly introspection.” • Sociology of Religion “Going to Pentecost raises important questions that intersect with theoretical issues in religion, globalization, and research about everyday life, that extend beyond the anthropology of Christianity and therefore, important for the broader more multidisciplinary study of Pentecostalism.” • Anthropos “This volume should be commended for its methodological device that allows for further investigation in the study of transnational religions. Theories develop directly from comparative field research… this book’s creative agenda should be both explored and further developed, and I would recommend it primarily to scholars in the fields of anthropology, Pentecostal studies, missiology, and world Christianity.” • Pneuma. The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies “Well-written, accessible, and groundbreaking… this book offers to rejuvenate the anthropology of Pentecostalism.” • Jon Bialecki, University of Edinburgh “Ethnographically well-grounded, conceptually innovative, and experimental in its comparative approach. Although there have been many collaborative publications on global Pentecostalism, few are so well integrated and are able to develop arguments through a truly comparative ethnography.” • Kim Knibbe, University of GroningenTable of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements PART I: INTRODUCTIONS Introduction: Going to ‘Pentecost’: Outline of an Experiment Interlude: Locations in 'Pentecost' Reading Guide PART II: PRESENTATIONS FROM 'PENTECOST' Chapter 1. Borders in ‘Pentecost’: Creating Protected Spaces Chapter 2. Reconfiguring Life and Death: A New Moral Economy in ‘Pentecost’ Chapter 3. Anti-relativist Nostalgias and The Absolutist Road PART III: THEORIES FROM 'PENTECOST' Chapter 4. Borders and Abjections: Approaching Individualism in ‘Pentecost’ Chapter 5. Engaging with Theories of Neoliberalism and Prosperity Chapter 6. Ruptures and Encompassments: Towards an Absolute Truth PART IV: COMMENTS Chapter 7. Comparison Re-placed Matei Candea Chapter 8. Pentecostalism and Forms of Individualism Joel Robbins Chapter 9. Life at The End of Time: A Note on Comparison, 'Pentecost' and the Trobriands Bjørn Enge Bertelsen Chapter 10. Wealth versus Money in Pentecost: Why Is Money Good? Knut Rio Chapter 11. ‘Pentecost’ in The World Birgit Meyer Index

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Book SynopsisSince the 1990s, an increasing number of young men in Cameroon have aspired to play football as a career and a strategy to migrate abroad. Migration through the sport promises fulfillment of masculine dreams of sports stardom, as well as opportunities to earn a living that have been hollowed out by the country's long economic stalemate. The aspiring footballers are increasingly turning to Pentecostal Christianity, which allows them to challenge common tropes of young men as stubborn and promiscuous, while also offering a moral and bodily regime that promises success despite the odds. Yet the transnational sports market is tough and unpredictable: it demands disciplined young bodies and introduces new forms of uncertainty. This book unpacks young Cameroonians'' football dreams, Pentecostal faith, obligations to provide, and desires to migrate to highlight the precarity of masculinity in structurally adjusted Africa and neoliberal capitalism.

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Book SynopsisJoseph Smale was a catalytic figure in the church life of los Angeles, leading many towards the 'Promised land' of Pentecostal blessing in 1905-1906; although his subsequent experiences led him to retreat from the burgeoning Pentecostal movement. Joseph Smale (1867-1926) was one of the central figures involved in the chain of events leading to the 1906 Azusa Street revival in los Angeles. This study presents the diverse influences which impacted Smale - formative years in Britain, growing up in Cornwall and Somerset amid a rhythm of Wesleyan revival; reformed theological training under the tutelage of C.H. Spurgeon in London; migration to the united States; plus hard experiences in the 'school of anxiety' - which were all precursors for Smale's influential role as champion of Pentecostal revival. Smale's leadership will resonate with every church leader who prays for revival and longs for more Holy Spirit power experimentally. Furthermore, his story is also educative for those contending with some of the more problematic and 'untidy' aspects of Pentecostal-Charismatic experience, involving painful power struggles, hurts, abuse of freedom, spiritual excesses and so on. Smale's 'Moses' designation and biography still have relevance for the church in the present day.

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Book Synopsis Over the past decades, Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity has arguably become the fastest growing religious movement in the world. Distinguishing features of this variant of Christianity include formal ritual activities as well as informal, experiential, and ecstatic forms of worship. This book examines Pentecostal-charismatic ritual practice in different parts of the world, highlighting, among other things, the crucial role of ritual in creating religious communities and identities.Trade Review “The book is a solid piece of work…Besides the theoretical novelties, the amount of empiric material that is presented is one of the book’s major benefits…the anthology represents a breakthrough in Pentecostal studies...it is one of the most interesting books that has been written on charismatic Christianity for a long time, and it must absolutely be read by everyone with an interest in Pentecostalism or/and ritual theory.” · Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review “The quality of the essays is thankfully high, even as the cumulative result of the volume is suggestive for rethinking contemporary theories of ritual. This suggests that Practicing the Faithnot only tells us about pentecostal-charismatic life, but it also has methodological implications for anthropologists and other students of ritual. The study of Pentecostalism, thus, shows itself to be no less surprising than the phenomenon itself.” · Religious Studies Review "This is a welcome collection of essays on ritual within Pentecostal and charismatic churches [that] will stake out new ground in a very crowded field." · Matthew Engelke, London School of EconomicsTable of Contents Introduction Martin Lindhardt Chapter 1.The Obvious Aspects of Pentecostalism: Ritual and Pentecostal Globalization Joel Robbins Chapter 2. Laying our sins on the altar: Ritualising charismatic Catholic reconciliation and healing Jacqueline Ryle Chapter 3. Healing and Redomestication: Reconstitution of the Feminine Self in South Korean Evangelical Cell Group Ritual Practices Kelly Chong Chapter 4. Ritualization of Life Thomas J. Csordas Chapter 5. Adventure and Atrophy in a Charismatic Movement: Returning to the ‘Toronto Blessing’ Martyn Percy Chapter 6. Ritual Use of the Bible in African Pentecostalism Paul Gifford Chapter 7. Voices: Presence and Prophecy in Charismatic Ritual Simon Coleman Chapter 8. When God Interferes. Ritual, Empowerment and Divine Presence in Chilean Pentecostalism Martin Lindhardt Chapter 9. Quiet Deliverances Jon Bialecki Chapter 10. Imperfect Vessels: Emotion and rituals of anti-Ritual in American Pentecostal and Charismatic devotional life Gretchen Pfeil Chapter 11. Public Rituals and Political Positioning: Venezuelan Evangelicals and the Chávez Government David Smilde Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOne dictionary definition of miracles is that they are 'remarkable and welcome events that seem impossible to explain'. But can they still happen today? Should we expect them? Jesus certainly encouraged his disciples to anticipate miraculous accompaniments to their proclamation of his good news. In Mark 16:17-18 he emphasizes five signs that 'will accompany those who believe' (v17). So if we accept that miracles do happen today How might we see more of the miraculous in the twenty-first century? How can they be experienced? Just what kind of faith is needed for them to happen? Are there hindrances that can stop them occurring and if so, what are they? Perhaps you need a personal miracle. Maybe it's a desire to help someone else receive one. You might even be longing for both.

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Book SynopsisThis book puts John Chrysostom in conversation with deliverance ministries and the prosperity gospel in modern African charismatic Christianity. Chrysostom had a cosmology not unlike that present in the charismatic Christianity of the global south, where the world is populated by spirits able to affect the material world. Additionally, Chrysostom had plenty to say about suffering, demons, and prosperity. Through this conversation, issues of personal moral responsibility and salvation rise to the surface, and it is through these issues that modern Western and African Christians can perhaps have a conversation that gets past the “weirdness” of a spirit-inhabited world and talk together about the saving work of Christ for the benefit of all the Church.Table of Contents1. Charismatic Christianity in Africa2. John Chrysostom’s World and Modern Africa: Intersections3. A Conversation about Deliverance4. A Conversation about Prosperity5. Themes of the Conversations

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Book SynopsisThis book outlines a Pentecostal theology of praxis while also providing a concrete example of how such a theology is fleshed out. By investigating various elements of Pentecostal and Liberation theologies and highlighting various similarities and differences between the two camps, John Mark Robeck constructs a framework through which a Pentecostal theology of praxis might be observed. Taking a step further, he offers a case study of three Pentecostal churches in El Salvador as an example of how such a theology is lived out. Robeck examines the lives of the pastors of these congregations, the engagement of these congregations in activities of social engagement that serve to bring about various forms of liberation, as well as the participation of the congregations and their communities in transformative actions which serve to bring about real change.Table of Contents1. Towards A Pentecostal Theology of Praxis2. The Pentecostal Movement within the Salvadoran Context3. Three AIC Congregations Partnering with ENLACE4. Communication of Pentecostal Praxis

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Book SynopsisThe book explores how African Pentecostal Churches in Europe respond to African refugees, highlighting needs like language skills, legal guidance, therapy, housing, jobs, and prayer. The analysis supports discussions on mission, migration, and integration, emphasizing Pentecostal themes, contextualization, and the impact of volunteerism on mission.

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Book SynopsisEuro-Western descriptions of knowledge and its sources fall short of accommodating the spiritual, experiential terrain of the imagination. What of the embodied, affective knowing that characterizes Pentecostal epistemology, that is, the distinctive Pentecostal-Charismatic knowing derived from dreams and visions (D/Vs)? In this stunning ethnographic work, the author merges African scholarship with an investigation of what visioners say about the significance of their D/Vs for Christian life and spirituality. Revealing data showcases case studies for their biblical and theological articulations of the value of D/V experiences and affirms them as sources of Pentecostal love, ministerial agency, and the missionary impulse.Trade ReviewAlthough established wisdom in scholarship has confirmed the assertion that Pentecostalism has blossomed across sub-Saharan Africa precisely because the movement resonates with Africa’s primal cosmologies, this thesis has not been tested in relation to African Pentecostalism’s appropriation of dreams and visions. Anna Droll’s Dreams and Visions in African Pentecostal Spirituality not only probe these issues in West Africa – Pentecostalism’s epicenter – but explores how the movement’s practices reflects contexts similar to what obtains in the Ancient Near East. By this tripartite exploration of the biblical material, African primal worldview and the espoused theologies of key Pentecostal actors in West Africa, Droll’s volume succeeds in showcasing how the theologies about dreams and visions produced by African Pentecostalism interacts with these sources to make sense to constituents. - Dr Bosco Bangura, Catholic University of Leuven and Protestant Theological University, Groningen There is no better study of the narratives of dream and vision in African Pentecostal spirituality than this brilliant book. Droll offers a perceptive appraisal of their epistemic valence, missiological import, spiritual meaning, and theological framing. This book is a nuanced and delicate study of a pentecostal way of knowing. - Nimi Wariboko, Boston UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations 1 Dreams and Visions in African Pentecostal Spirituality  1 Dreams, Visions, and Pentecostal Epistemology 1.1 Dreams and Visions in Africa: Piercing the Veil for Pentecostal Knowing 1.2 A Dream in Dar es Salaam  2 Methodology: Mark J. Cartledge: Practical Theology for Charismatic Practitioners 2.1 Renewal Methodologies 2.2 Renewalist Hermeneutics 2.3 Experience and Affectivity  3 Concepts for Exploring Dream and Vision Narratives 3.1 The Big Dream and the Spontaneous Dream or Vision Narrative 3.2 Root Metaphor and Piercing the Veil 3.3 Populations, Codes, Frequencies, and Associations for Narrative Analyses  4 Author’s Location, Thesis, and Map of this Book 2 Dreams, Visions, and Near East Religions  1 Dreams and Visions and Hebraic Theology 1.1 Dreams, Visions, and Patriarchs 1.2 Dreams, Visions, Kings, and Prophets 1.3 Dreams and Visions in the Apocrypha and Jewish Thought  2 Dreams and Visions in Christianity 2.1 Dreams and Visions in the New Testament and Early Church 2.2 Dreams and Visions in Late Patristic Thought 2.3 Aquinas, Kant, and Swedenborg on Dreams and Visions  3 Dreams and Visions in Islam 3.1 Dreams and Visions in the Qurʾān and Hadith 3.2 Dream Manuals and Their Transmission in Islam 3.3 Dreams and Visions as Legitimizing Elements in Islam  4 Conclusion 3 Dreams and Visions in African Contexts  1 Dreams in Traditional African Religions 1.1 Dreaming and the Akan 1.2 Dreams and the Diola of Senegambia 1.3 Islam and Dreaming among the Tukolor Weavers  2 Dreams and Visions in the aic s and among Zambian Baptists 2.1 Dreams and Visions in New Movements of West Africa 2.2 Dreams and Visions and the Bantu Prophets 2.3 Dreams and Visions among Zambian Baptists  3 Opoku Onyinah on Pentecostal Dreams, Prophecy, and Angels 3.1 The Role of Dreams and Visions in Abisa 3.2 The Sleeping State and the Diagnosis of Witchdemonology 3.3 The Sleeping State and Angelology  4 Conclusion 4 Epistemology: African Perspectives  1 Knowledge, Ontology, and the Holy Spirit 1.1 Voices from African Studies 1.2 Voices from African Christianity 1.3 The Holy Spirit and Knowing  2 Nigerian Perspectives for Dreams and Visions Analyses 2.1 Pentecostal Principle and Emergence for Dreams and Visions Analyses 2.2 Piercing the Veil for Dreams and Visions Analyses 2.3 Spiritual Warfare and Dreams and Visions  3 Conclusion 5 The Big Dreams of African Pentecostals Visionary Impact and the Christian Life  1 Continuity and Discontinuity: Dreams and Visions and the Spirit in Africa 1.1 Spirit Hermeneutics and Universal Dreams 1.2 The Spirit and Ancestor Dreams 1.3 The Agency of the Spirit and Pentecostal Visioners  2 Dreams and Visions and the Christian Life 2.1 Visioners and Spirit–Word–Community 2.2 Dreams, Visions and Practical Spirituality 2.3 Attitudes in the Church toward Dreams and Visions  3 Conclusion 6 Dreams and Visions and the Pentecostal Warrior Prayer, Identity, and Agency  1 Dreams and Visions and the Pentecostal Pray-er 1.1 Dreams and Visions and the Pentecostal Warrior 1.2 The dame Dream or Vision and Pentecostal Agency  2 Dreams and Visions and Pentecostal Agency 2.1 The Agency of Visionary Women 2.2 Visionary Love and Ministerial Agency 2.3 The Visionary Church and Missionary Agency  3 Conclusion 7 African Dreams and Visions for Pentecostal Epistemologies  1 African Dreams for African Pentecostal Theology  2 African Dreams for Western Pentecostal Epistemologies 2.1 Religious Language and Hearing God’s Voice 2.2 Relational Knowing and Orthopathy 2.3 Embodied Knowing 2.4 Knowing in the Trialectic of Spirit–Word–Community  3 Conclusion 8 Conclusion Dreams, Visions, and the Missiological Spirit Appendix 1 Written Survey and Interview Guide Appendix 2 Coding for Surveys and Personal Interviews Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book on Egyptian Pentecostalism is considered the first integrated monograph on the topic. It invites scholars and students of Religions, Renewal Studies, and Pentecostalism around the world to discover a new arena of research. Due to the sociocultural perspective of this study on Pentecostalism in Egypt, the book also invites sociologists and scholars who study sociocultural and religious context of the Middle East and North Africa to add new trajectories to their studies. No doubt that this study reveals what was concealed for decades regarding movements and revivals that broke out in Egyptian cities and villages! A must-read!Trade ReviewIn his Egyptian Pentecostalism, Tharwat Adly has written what surely will be the definitive work on Egyptian Pentecostalism, a subject that has been long overlooked. This book is thoroughly researched, documented and above all well-written. Thank you Dr. Tharwat for this very valuable book. - Vinson Synan, Oral Roberts UniversityTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction Setting the Stage 1 Purpose of the Study 2 Previous Glimpses on the Topic 3 Methodology and Description of the Primary Sources 4 Historical Background of the “Waves” Theory 4.1 The First Wave: Classical Pentecostals 4.2 The Second Wave: Charismatic Renewal 4.3 The Third Wave: Neo-charismatics 4.4 The Fourth Wave: New Apostolic Reformation 4.5 Critiques of the Three-Wave Taxonomy 5 Anderson’s Alternative Taxonomy 6 The Study of Egyptian Pentecostalism and the Usage of the “Waves” Analogy Part 1 Historical Narrative  Introduction to Part 1 2 The Early Protestant Missions in Egypt during the Ottoman Rule (1517–1798) until the Coming of the American Presbyterian Mission to Egypt in the Nineteenth Century 1 Introduction 2 The Early Protestant Missionary Work in Egypt during the Ottoman Rule (1517–1798) until Muhammad Ali’s Rule (1805–1848) 2.1 A Socio-cultural Background 2.2 Peter Heyling (1633–1634) 2.3 The Moravian Mission in Egypt (1750–1782) 2.4 Church Missionary Society (cms) Mission in Egypt (1825–1862) 3 The Rise of Protestantism in Egypt 3.1 The Egyptian Socio-political Context during the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century 3.2 The Coptic Church in the Mid-nineteenth Century 3.3 The Coming of the American Presbyterian Mission to Egypt 3.4 The Establishment of the First Egyptian Organized Protestant Denomination in Egypt: the Egyptian Presbyterian Church 4 A Discussion of Various Narratives and Interpretations of the Western Missionary Efforts in Egypt during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century 5 A Case Study: a Brief Examination of the Case of the cms Mission according to the Previous Examined Narratives 3 The Pre-Pentecostal Era in Egypt (1899–1906) and the Wesleyan Holiness/Pentecostal-Like Movements during the First Half of the Twentieth Century 1 Introduction 2 The Ecclesiastical and Social Landscape in Egypt during the Last Decade of the Nineteenth Century 3 The Emergence of the Canadian Holiness Movement Church (hmc): a Theological and Socio-Cultural Background 4 The Emergence of the Egyptian Holiness Movement Church (ehmc): Cyclones of the Divine Power Reaches Upper Egypt 4 The Birth of Egyptian Pentecostalism The Classical Pentecostal Movements in Egypt from the Beginning of the Twentieth Century until the Final Composition of Egyptian Pentecostal Denominations by the Mid-1960s 1 Introduction 2 Three-Blessing Theology in Transition: from Pentecostal-Like Holiness Movements to Classical Pentecostalism 3 The Emergence of the Classical Pentecostal Wave in Egypt 3.1 The Formative Years (1907–1912): Who Was the First to Light the Pentecostal Flame in Egypt? 3.2 George S. Brelsford’s Mission in Egypt (1909–1912): Theological Characteristics and Missionary Strategies 4 Major Developments during the Middle Years (1913–1930s) 4.1 A Shift Towards Durham’s “Finished Work” Theology and the Establishment of the Egyptian Assemblies of God 4.2 H. E. Randall’s Pentecostal Ministry in Egypt: the Early Phase (1912–1914) 4.3 Dāir el-Jārnoūs’ Revival and the Early Phase of Boutros Labib’s Ministry (1913–1914) 4.4 The Rise of Native Pentecostal Ministers in Egypt: Amir Abdel Malik (1893–1989) and Salib Boulos (1897–1946) as Models 4.5 Early Egyptian Pentecostalism (1907–1920) between Proliferation and Marginalization 4.6 Rejection of the Oneness Theology in the Ancient Trinitarian Land: Randall’s Embrace of the Unipersonal Belief in 1915 and his Repentance in 1921 4.7 Years of Expansion and Stabilization of the aog Denomination (Al-Kānīsā Al-Rāsūlīyah) in Egypt (1920s–1930s) 5 The Establishment of the Pentecostal Church of God (cog) in the Early 1940s 6 Samuel Mishreky’s Ministry and the Establishment of the Central Pentecostal Church of God in Cairo 7 The Establishment of Luxor Independent Oneness Church in the Late 1950s 8 Various Narratives of the Emergence and Development of the Classical Wave of Egyptian Pentecostalism: a Brief Analysis 5 The Neo-charismatic Movement in Egypt from Its Emergence in the 1980s until the Present Time 1 Introduction 2 The Second Wave of Pentecostalism: the Charismatic Movements in Egypt 3 The Third Wave of Pentecostalism: the Neo-charismatic Movements in Egypt 3.1 House-Church Movements 3.2 Independent Classical Spiritual Ministries 3.3 Ecumenical Ministries 3.4 Neo-charismatic Mega-conferences 3.5 Fivefold Ministries and nar Structures 4 The Third Wave of Egyptian Pentecostalism in the Light of the First Wave: Organizational and Ecumenical Aspects Part 2 Theological Analysis  Introduction to Part 2 6 The Undeveloped Theological Aspects of the Classical Wave of Egyptian Pentecostalism The Contextual Pentecostal Theology of Samuel Mishreky 1 Introduction 2 The Trinitarian Aspect of Mishreky’s Theology 3 The Christological Aspect of Mishreky’s Theology 4 The Wesleyan Aspect of Mishreky’s Theology 7 Historical Developments of the Doctrine of Baptism of the Holy Spirit in Relation to Major Eschatological and Ecclesiastical Aspects of Egyptian Pentecostalism 1 Introduction 2 Baptism of the Holy Spirit in the Western Context: a Brief Historical and Theological Background 3 Baptism of the Holy Spirit in Egyptian Pentecostalism: Historical and Theological Developments 4 Baptism of the Holy Spirit in Relation to Major Ecclesiastical and Eschatological Aspects in Egyptian Pentecostalism 5 Baptism of the Holy Spirit in Egyptian Pentecostalism: Speaking in Tongues and Other Manifestations 6 Baptism of the Holy Spirit in Egyptian Pentecostalism: Debates with Other Christian Traditions 8 Historical Developments of Healing Theologies in Egyptian Pentecostalism 1 Introduction 2 Healing Theologies in the West from Wesleyan Tradition to Classical Pentecostalism: a Theological Landscape 3 Developments of Healing Theologies and Practices in the First Wave of Egyptian Pentecostalism 3.1 Healing Theologies and Practices in Early Pentecostal Missions in Egypt 3.2 Healing Theologies and Practices in the Major Egyptian Pentecostal Denominations: the Egyptian aog, cog, and pcog 4 Developments of Healing Theologies and Practices in the Neo-charismatic Wave of Egyptian Pentecostalism Part 3 Case Study  Introduction to Part 3 9 Women in Egyptian Pentecostalism 1 Introduction 2 Women’s Ministry in the Early Holiness/Pentecostal Traditions in the West: a Brief Historical Background 3 History of the Early Holiness/Pentecostal Women Missionaries in Egypt and the Egyptian Women’s Involvement in Ministry 3.1 Women’s Ministry during the Holiness/Pre-pentecostal Era in Egypt 3.2 Women’s Ministry during the Early Egyptian Classical Pentecostalism 3.2.1 Lucy M. Leatherman (c. 1870–1925) 3.2.2 Sarah A. Smith (c. 1844–1918) 3.2.3 Lillian H. Trasher (1887–1961) 3.2.4 Mabel Dean (c. 1884–1961) 4 Women in the Contemporary Egyptian Pentecostal/Neo-charismatic Context 4.1 An Examination of the Contemporary Egyptian Pentecostal/Neo-charismatic Teaching on the Role of Women in Ministry 4.2 Ordinary and Non-prominent Pentecostals/Charismatics’ Beliefs 10 Conclusions and Additional Insights 1 Summation of Findings and Major Contributions 2 The Acceptance of Pentecostalism in Egypt in the Light of Egyptian Cultural Context and Social Ethos: Additional Insights 3 The Road Ahead: Possibilities for Further Studies and Contributions to Renewal Studies Appendix 1: Figures Appendix 2: A Translated Version of the Original Arabic Survey: the Role of Women in Ministry Bibliography Index

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