Global Pentecostalism in the 21st CenturyRobert W. Hefner This state-of-the-field overview of Pentecostalism around the world focuses on cultural developments among second- and third-generation adherents in regions with large Pentecostal communities, considering the impact of these developments on political participation, citizenship, gender relations, and economic morality. Leading scholars from anthropology, sociology, religious studies, and history present useful introductions to global issues and country-specific studies drawn from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the former USSR. |
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An Alternative Form of Modernity and Modernization? | 37 |
The Limits to Growth | 63 |
THREE Social Mobility and Politics in African Pentecostal Modernity | 91 |
FOUR Tensions and Trends in Pentecostal Gender and Family Relations | 115 |
FIVE Gender Modernity and Pentecostal Christianity in China | 149 |
SIX The Routinization of Soviet Pentecostalism and the Liberation of Charisma in Russia and Ukraine | 176 |
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