Nigerian Pentecostalism
Author | : Nimi Wariboko |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781580464901 |
ISBN-13 | : 1580464904 |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Part 1. Origins and spirituality of Nigerian Pentecostalism. Sources of Nigerian pentecostalism --The spell of the invisible --Excremental visions in postcolonial Pentecostalism --Desire and disgust : ways of being for God --The Pentecostal self : from body to body politic --Part 2. Ethical vision of Nigerian Pentecostal spirituality. Politics: between ontology and spiritual warfare --Miracles, sovereignty, and community --Altersovereignty and virtue of Pentecostal friendship --Spirituality and the weight of blackness --"This neighbor cannot be loved!" : invisibility and nudity of the "Pentecostal other"--Pentecostalism and Nigerian society.