Pentecostalism and Prosperity [electronic resource] : The Socio-Economics of the Global Charismatic Movement /
Attanasi, K.editor.
Yong, A.editor.
While there are a growing number of researchers who are exploring the political and social aspects of the global Renewal movement, few have provided sustained socio-economic analyses of this phenomenon. The editors and contributors to this volume offer perspectivesin light of the growth of the Renewal movement in the two-thirds world. .
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Introduction The Plurality of Prosperity Theologies and Pentecostalisms; Part I Taxonomies of Prosperity; Chapter 1 A Typology of Prosperity Theology: A Religious Economy of Global Renewal or a Renewal Economics?; Chapter 2 Pentecostal Paradigms of National Economic Prosperity in Africa; Part II Case Studies; Chapter 3 Under the Radar: Pentecostalism in South Africa and Its Potential Social and Economic Role
Chapter 4 Capitalism and Pentecostalism in Latin America: Trajectories of Prosperity and DevelopmentChapter 5 Stop Worrying and Start Sowing! A Phenomenological Account of the Ethics of "Divine Investment"; Chapter 6 "I Determine My Harvest": Risky Careers and Spirit-Guided Prosperity in Los Angeles; Chapter 7 Urban Property as Spiritual Resource: The Prosperity Gospel Phenomenon in Coastal China; Chapter 8 The Prosperity Gospel among Filipino Catholic Charismatics; Chapter 9 Pentecost and Prosperity in Eastern Europe: Between Sharing of Possessions and Accumulating Personal Wealth
Part III ResponsesChapter 10 Prosperous Prosperity: Why the Health and Wealth Gospel is Booming across the Globe; Chapter 11 A Call for Careful Discernment: A Theological Response to Prosperity Preaching; Chapter 12 Prosperity, Theology, and Economy; Select Bibliography; Index
Includes proceedings from a symposium held Feb. 21-22, 2011 at Regent University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
While there are a growing number of researchers who are exploring the political and social aspects of the global Renewal movement, few have provided sustained socio-economic analyses of this phenomenon. The editors and contributors to this volume offer perspectivesin light of the growth of the Renewal movement in the two-thirds world. .
Economic policy.
Religion and sociology.
Christianity.
Evangelicalism.
Economic Policy.
Sociology of Religion.
Christianity.
Religion and Society.
Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism.