Political spiritualities : the Pentecostal revolution in Nigeria / Ruth Marshall.

By:

Marshall, Ruth, 1964-

Publication details: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (x, 349 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780226507125
0226507122
9780226507149
0226507149

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Political spiritualities.DDC classification:

276.6/9/082 22

LOC classification:

BR1644 M37 2009eb

Other classification:

BG 9720
LC 29529

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

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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Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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