Pentecostalism and Development: Churches, NGOs and Social Change in AfricaD. Freeman Development was founded on the belief that religion was not important to development processes. The contributors call this assumption into question and explore the practical impacts of religion by looking at the developmental consequences of Pentecostal Christianity in Africa, and by contrasting Pentecostal and secular models of change. |
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