Health, Wealth, and Power in an African Diaspora Church in Canada

by T. Aechtner

Overview

This book investigates an African diaspora Christian community in Calgary, Alberta, and explores the ways in which the church's beliefs and practices impact the lives of its migrant congregation. In particular, it reveals the church's pronounced concern with the utility of the Prosperity Gospel and Holy Spirit Power.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137485496
Publisher:	Palgrave Pivot
Publication date:	03/24/2015
Series:	Religion and Global Migrations
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	104
File size:	527 KB

About the Author

Thomas Aechtner is Lecturer in History of Religious Thought in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion&Classics at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Table of Contents

1. Now We Are Coming: Global Pentecostalism and the New African Diaspora 2. Beliefs and Practices: The Prosperity Gospel and Holy Spirit Power 3. One in Worship: Community-Building and Identity Formation 4. Not Even a Single Enemy: Homeland, Mission, and Responses to Racism 5. The Spirit's Utility: Expressed Functionalism and APCC's Future