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African Gifts of the Spirit: Pentecostalism & the Rise of Zimbabwean Transnational Religious Movement
Contributor(s): Maxwell, David (Author)
ISBN: 082141738X     ISBN-13: 9780821417386
Publisher: Ohio University Press
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2007
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Annotation: This book considers the rise of born-again Christianity in Africa through a study of one of the most dynamic Pentecostal movements. David Maxwell traces the transformation of the prophet Ezekiel Guti and his prayer band from small beginnings in the townships of the 1950s into the present-day transnational business enterprise, which is now the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God. Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa claims one and a half million members in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa and has branches in other African countries, Europe, and the United States. "African Gifts of the Spirit" illuminates Africa's relations with American Christianities, black and white.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Religion, Politics & State
- Religion | Christianity - Pentecostal & Charismatic
- History | Africa - South - General
Dewey: 289.94
LCCN: 2007295917
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.92 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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This book considers the rise of born-again Christianity in Africa through a study of one of the most dynamic Pentecostal movements. David Maxwell traces the transformation of the prophet Ezekiel Guti and his prayer band from small beginnings in the townships of the 1950s into the present-day transnational business enterprise, which is now the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God. Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa claims one and a half million members in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa and has branches in other African countries, Europe, and the United States. African Gifts of the Spirit illuminates Africa's relations with American Christianities, black and white.