04574cam a2200877Ma 4500 ocn432995217 OCoLC 20200709055223.0 m d cr zn||||||||| 081007s2009 ilu ob 001 0 eng d CDX eng pn CDX OCLCQ N$T EBLCP OCLCE IDEBK CUS OCLCQ E7B MHW OCLCQ YDXCP OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCQ YDX OCLCO OCLCQ 434595833 620201964 631987313 646814353 700404042 744548453 764520818 963365327 9780226507125 (Cloth) 0226507122 (Cloth) 9780226507149 (electronic bk.) 0226507149 (electronic bk.) 9780226507132 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0226507130 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 40016845704 285063 (N$T) (OCoLC)432995217 (OCoLC)434595833 (OCoLC)620201964 (OCoLC)631987313 (OCoLC)646814353 (OCoLC)700404042 (OCoLC)744548453 (OCoLC)764520818 (OCoLC)963365327 223977 MIL dlr f-nr--- BR1644 M37 2009eb REL 015000 bisacsh 276.6/9/082 22 BG 9720 rvk LC 29529 rvk MAIN 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) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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. 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. Print version record. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL 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 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Master record variable field(s) change: 082 Pentecostalism Nigeria. Pentecostalism Political aspects Nigeria. Christianity and politics Nigeria. Nigeria Religious life and customs. Nigeria Church history. Christianity and politics. Pentecostalism. RELIGION Christianity History. bisacsh Pfingstbewegung gnd Nigeria gnd Politik gnd Pfingstbewegung. idszbz Politik. idszbz Religiosität. idszbz Nigeria. idszbz Karismatik. sao Religiöst liv Nigeria. sao Kristendom och politik Nigeria. sao Electronic books. Print version: Marshall, Ruth, 1964- Political spiritualities. Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008043576 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=285063 Coutts Information Services COUT 10560370 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL448564 ebrary EBRY ebr10317910 EBSCOhost EBSC 285063 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB 223977 YBP Library Services YANK 3076352 92 N$T 49565 49565