The Pentecostal World

1. The Glocalization of Pentecostal Religion: The Case of Chile
2. No Eye has Seen: The Local and Global in Writing Australasian Pneumatic Christianity
3. One God, Many Movements: The Historical Narratives of Oneness Pentecostals
4. On the Footsteps of the Faith: The Nineteenth Century Transnational Foundations of Latin American Pentecostalism
5. Arrows Flying to the Five Continents: Hong Kong and the Pillars of Early Pentecostal Print Culture
6. Student Movements and Spiritual Identity in the Growth of Pentecostalism in Kenya
7. Adversities and Peculiarities of Pentecostalism in Greece
8. Russian Pentecostals: From the USSR to Post-Soviet Russia
9. The Nigeria-Biafra Civil War and the Birth of Indigenous Neo-Pentecostalism in Igboland, 1967–1980
10. A Revival Within a Revival: The 1940s–1950s Canadian Latter Rain Movement and Its Influence in Global Charismatic Christianity
11. The Glocalization of the Assemblies of God During the Warlord Period in China
12. A Brief Account of the Revival Movements among the Nagas in North East India
13. Toward a Globally Contextual Model of U.S. Demonology and Deliverance
14. The Historical Implications of Wimber’s Theology of Healing and Deliverance
15. The Contextuality of a Pentecostal Witchcraft Theology in Nigeria
16. It Takes Two to Tangle? A Comparative Approach to Pentecostal Mission(s) in Muslim Zanzibar
17. Conversion and (Dis)Continuity among the Bhil Pentecostals of Rajasthan, India
18. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Latin America: Between Church Institution and Popular Religion
19. You Preach Like a Man: Beyond the Typical Gender Roles of Canadian Pentecostalism
20. Queering Black Pentecostalism in the United States
21. Early Black-Led Pentecostal Interraciality as a Site for Theorizing Race
22. Pentecostal Plurality and Sexual Politics in Africana Worlds
23. Female Pastoral Leadership, Ambivalent Femininities, and African Pentecostalism in Belgium
24. Ideological Coloniality and Decolonizing Worship Practice at Hillsong
25. Prayer Warriors in Global Entanglements
26. Grounding the Prosperity Gospel: Sites of Wealth and Power in Ghana
27. Pentecostalism and Global Development: Assessing Pentecostal Engagement with Social Development in Theory and Practice
28. Zambian (Unruly) Pentecostalism
29. The Many Faces of Pentecostal Politics: Socio-Anthropological Approaches from the Southern Cone
30. The Pentecostal Complex in Poland: Missionaries, Migrants, and Social Imaginaries
31. The Catholic Charismatic Renewal and Pope Francis Between Pastoral Openness and Ecclesiastical Centralization
32. What Role Does Ecumenism Play for Pentecostals?
33. Consuming is Believing: Pentecostal Material Culture in Argentina
34. Of Clouds and Cathedrals: Metaphor and Ambivalence in Charismatic Media Ideologies
35. Problematizing the Statistical Study of Global Pentecostalism: An Evaluation of David B. Barrett’s Research Methodology
36. Constructing Global Pentecostalism: The Role of the Academy

The Pentecostal World provides a comprehensive and critical introduction to one of the most vibrant and diverse expressions of contemporary Christianity. Unlike many books on Pentecostalism, this collection of essays from all continents does not attempt to synthesize and simplify the movement’s inherent diversity and fragmented dispersion. Instead, the global flows of Pentecostalism are firmly grounded in local histories and expressions, as well as the various modes of their worldwide reproduction. The book thus argues for a new understanding of Pentecostal and Charismatic movements that accounts for the simultaneous processes of pluralization and homogenization in contemporary World Christianity. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors across various disciplines, the volume is comprised of six parts, with each offering a critical perspective on classical themes in the study of Pentecostalism. Led by a programmatic introduction, the thirty-six chapters within these parts explore a variety of themes: history and historiography, conversion, spirit beliefs and exorcism, prosperity, politics, gender relations, sexual identities, racism, development, migration, pilgrimage, interreligious relations, media, ecumenism, and academic research. The Pentecostal World is essential reading for students and researchers in anthropology, history, political science, religious studies, sociology, and theology. The book will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as culture studies, black studies, ethnic studies, and gender studies.