Political spiritualities :
Marshall, Ruth, 1964-
Political spiritualities : the Pentecostal revolution in Nigeria / Ruth Marshall. - Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (x, 349 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rethinking the religious and the political in Africa -- Rupture, redemption, and the history of the present -- Revival and the postcolonial crisis of government -- God's subjects -- Born-again ethics and the spirits of the political economy -- The politics of conviction.
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After an explosion of conversions to Pentecostalism over the past three decades, tens of millions of Nigerians now claim that "Jesus is the answer." But if Jesus is the answer, what is the question? What led to the movement's dramatic rise and how can we make sense of its social and political significance? In this ambitiously interdisciplinary study, Ruth Marshall draws on years of fieldwork and grapples with a host of important thinkers-including Foucault, Agamben, Arendt, and Benjamin-to answer these questions. To account for the movement's success, Marshall explores how Pentecost.
Electronic reproduction.
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2010.
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Pentecostalism--Nigeria.
Pentecostalism--Political aspects--Nigeria.
Christianity and politics--Nigeria.
Christianity and politics.
Pentecostalism.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
Pfingstbewegung
Politik
Pfingstbewegung.
Politik.
Religiosität.
Karismatik.
Religiöst liv--Nigeria.
Nigeria--Religious life and customs.
Nigeria--Church history.
Nigeria
Nigeria.
Kristendom och politik--Nigeria.
Electronic books.
BR1644 / M37 2009eb
276.6/9/082
Political spiritualities : the Pentecostal revolution in Nigeria / Ruth Marshall. - Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (x, 349 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rethinking the religious and the political in Africa -- Rupture, redemption, and the history of the present -- Revival and the postcolonial crisis of government -- God's subjects -- Born-again ethics and the spirits of the political economy -- The politics of conviction.
Use copy
After an explosion of conversions to Pentecostalism over the past three decades, tens of millions of Nigerians now claim that "Jesus is the answer." But if Jesus is the answer, what is the question? What led to the movement's dramatic rise and how can we make sense of its social and political significance? In this ambitiously interdisciplinary study, Ruth Marshall draws on years of fieldwork and grapples with a host of important thinkers-including Foucault, Agamben, Arendt, and Benjamin-to answer these questions. To account for the movement's success, Marshall explores how Pentecost.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780226507125 0226507122 9780226507149 0226507149
40016845704
223977 MIL
Pentecostalism--Nigeria.
Pentecostalism--Political aspects--Nigeria.
Christianity and politics--Nigeria.
Christianity and politics.
Pentecostalism.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
Pfingstbewegung
Politik
Pfingstbewegung.
Politik.
Religiosität.
Karismatik.
Religiöst liv--Nigeria.
Nigeria--Religious life and customs.
Nigeria--Church history.
Nigeria
Nigeria.
Kristendom och politik--Nigeria.
Electronic books.
BR1644 / M37 2009eb
276.6/9/082
