Political spiritualities : the Pentecostal revolution in Nigeria
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
Church history
1 online resource (x, 349 pages)
9780226507125, 9780226507149, 9786612239779, 0226507122, 0226507149, 6612239778
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Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
In English