Material Development and Spiritual Empowerment? Pentecostalism in Northern Cameroon
This article seeks to shed light on the relationship between material development and spiritual empowerment among Pentecostal churches in Northern Cameroon. Field studies show that several Pentecostal churches recently have been established in the area, and that they are negotiating space in order...
| Τόπος έκδοσης: | PentecoStudies |
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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Equinox Publ.
[2015]
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| Στο/Στη: |
PentecoStudies
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| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Cameroon
Pentecostal
mission
Development
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Σύνοψη: | This article seeks to shed light on the relationship between material development and spiritual empowerment among Pentecostal churches in Northern Cameroon. Field studies show that several Pentecostal churches recently have been established in the area, and that they are negotiating space in order to find places and areas where they can influence the local community. Due to the strong Muslim control over the economy in the region, the new churches have little focus on prosperity, but the material and developmental discourse focus on entrepreneurship through education and hard work. The article concludes that the relative success achieved by the churches is connected to their focus on global mobility, local flexibility, spiritual authority and human dignity. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-7691 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: PentecoStudies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/ptcs.v14i2.26100 |