Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa

I. Introduction 1. Introduction: The Pentecostal and the Political in Africa 2. Explaining the Growth and Legitimation of the Pentecostal Movement in Africa II. Pentecostalism and Society in Africa 3. Pentecostalism, Islam, and Religious Fundamentalism in Africa 4. "Buy Back the Future": Charismatic Pentecostalism and Africa's Liberation in a Neoliberal World 5. When Pentecostalism Meets African Indigenous Religions: Conflict, Compromise or Incorporation? 6. Pentecostal Panopticism and the Phantasm of "Ultimate Power" 7. The Pentecostal Movement and the Ecumenical Movement in the African Context 8. Pentecostalism, the Prosperity Gospel and Poverty in Africa 9. Soft Tongue, Powerful Voice, Huge Influence: The Dynamic of Gender, Soft Power and Political Influence in Faith Evangelistic Ministries in Kenya 10. The Role of Women, Theology and Ecumenical Organisations in the Rise of Pentecostal Churches in Botswana 11. Neither Jew nor Greek?: Class, Ethnicity and Race in the Pentecostal Movement in Africa III. Pentecostalism and/as Politics in Africa 12. Pentecostalism, Political Philosophy and the Political in Africa 13. Political Ramifications of Some Shifts in Nigeria's Pentecostal Movement 14. Pentecostalism as an Alternate Social Order in Africa 15. Pentecostals, Conflict and Peace in Africa 16. Leadership and Power in the Pentecostal Movement: Selected Case Studies 17. African Pentecostalism and Modernity: Critical Reflections on Tensions and Social Concerns 18. Pentecostalism, Power and Politics in Nigeria IV. Conclusion 17. African Pentecostal Political Philosophy: New Directions in the Study of Pentecostalism and Politics

Adeshina Afolayan teaches philosophy at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso is Associate Professor of Political Science at Babcock University, Nigeria.
Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.

"This remarkable collection of nineteen essays aims at widening perspectives on the socio-political profiles of the Pentecostal movement in sub-Saharan Africa. ... The editors have put together a strong palimpsest of case-studies on Pentecostal notions and practices of politics placing the theme centre-stage in further Pentecostal studies and making it a useful reference source." (Andreas Heuser, PentecoStudies, Vol. 19 (2), 2020)