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African Pentecostalism in Britain: Migration, Inclusion, and the Prosperity Gospel

African Pentecostalism in Britain: Migration, Inclusion, and the Prosperity Gospel

by Katharine Stockland
African Pentecostalism in Britain: Migration, Inclusion, and the Prosperity Gospel

African Pentecostalism in Britain: Migration, Inclusion, and the Prosperity Gospel

by Katharine Stockland

Overview

Based on ethnographic research among African Pentecostal Christians living in the United Kingdom, this book addresses themes of migration and community-formation, religious identity and practice, and social and political exclusion.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780367568733
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 05/27/2024
Series: Studies in Migration and Diaspora
Pages: 170
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Katharine Stockland is Senior Social Researcher at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), UK, and the co-editor of Migration and Global Governance.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Between hope and experience: everyday life for Africans in Britain

2. Learning to deserve: political subjectivity and born-again personhood

3. Waiting on God: temporal uncertainty and Pentecostal agency

4. Doing life together: reciprocity and risk in Pentecostal giving

5. Creating God’s culture: cultural diversity and Christian practice

Conclusion

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Bibles & Christianity
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Christianity
Protestantism
Pentecostalism

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