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Book SynopsisIn Australian Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements: Arguments from the Margins, Rocha, Hutchinson and Openshaw argue that Australia has made and still makes important contributions to how Pentecostal and charismatic Christianities have developed worldwide. This edited volume fills a critical gap in two important scholarly literatures. The first is the Australian literature on religion, in which the absence of the charismatic and Pentecostal element tends to reinforce now widely debunked notions of Australia as lacking the religious tendencies of old Europe. The second is the emerging transnational literature on Pentecostal and Charismatic movements. This book enriches our understanding not only of how these movements spread worldwide but also how they are indigenised and grow new shoots in very diverse contexts.
Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: Australian Charismatic Movements as a Space of Flows Mark Hutchinson, Cristina Rocha and Kathleen Openshaw Part 1: Situating Pentecostal Charismatic Christianities in Australia 1 Reframing Howard Carter: Alternative "Routes" for the Emergence of the Australasian Charismatic Renewal Mark P. Hutchinson 2 Australian Proto-Pentecostals: The Contribution of the Catholic Apostolic Church Peter Elliott 3 City, Portal and Hub: Brisbane and Catholic Charismatic Renewal John Maiden 4 Strong Church or Niche Market? The Demography of the Pentecostal Church in Australia Andrew Singleton Part 2: Home-grown Australian PCMs 5 A Match Made in Heaven: Why Popular Music is Central to the Growth in Pentecostal Charismatic Christianities Daniel Thornton 6 Marketing and Branding Practices in Australian Pentecostal Suburban Megachurches for Supporting International Growth Mairead Shanahan 7 Andrew Evans: The Making of an Australian Pentecostal Politician Denise A. Austin 8 “The Work of the Spirit”: Hillsong Church and a Spiritual Formation for the Marketplace Tanya Riches 9 The Wacky, the Frightening and the Spectacular: Hearing God’s Voice in Australian Pentecostal Churches Tania Harris Part 3: A Meeting between Pentecostalism from the Global South and North 10 “Living the Dream”: Post-Millennial Brazilians at Hillsong College Cristina Rocha 11 Extraordinary Sacrifice and Transnational Spiritual Capital in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God Kathleen Openshaw 12 “The demon is growing with sins, but there are angels around”: Bundjalung Pentecostalism as Faith and Paradox Mahnaz Alimardanian Epilogue Allan Anderson Index
