Pentecostalism and development: churches, NGOs and social change in Africa

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Title:	Pentecostalism and development: churches, NGOs and social change in Africa
Editor:	Freeman, Dena
Chapter(s):	Present
Year:	2012
Pages:	235
Language:	English
Series:	Non-Governmental Public Acion (NGPA)
City of publisher:	Basingstoke
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:	1137017244; 9781137017246; 9781137017253
Geographic terms:	Africa Ethiopia Kenya Uganda Tanzania
Subjects:	Pentecostalism NGO economic development conference papers (form) 2010
Abstract:	Development was founded on the belief that religion was not important to development processes. The contributors call this assumption into question and explore the practical impacts of religion by looking at the developmental consequences of Pentecostal Christianity in Africa, and by contrasting Pentecostal and secular models of change. This volume grew out of a conference which was orgainsed in Jerusalem in January 2010, entitled ' Salvation, transformation, and modernity in Africa: development NGOs and Pentecostal churches as contemporary agents of change'. Contributors: Jean Comaroff, Dena Freeman, Paivi Hasu, Ben Jones, Damaris Parsitau, Charles Piot, James H. Smith, Rijk Van Dijk. [ASC Leiden abstract]