TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marshall,Ruth
TI  - Political spiritualities: the Pentecostal revolution in Nigeria 
SN  - 9780226507125
AV  - BR1644 M37 2009eb
U1  - 276.6/9/082 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Chicago, IL
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Pentecostalism
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Pfingstbewegung
KW  - gnd
KW  - Politik
KW  - idszbz
KW  - Religiosität
KW  - Karismatik
KW  - sao
KW  - Religiöst liv
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Church history
KW  - Kristendom och politik
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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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