PART 1: AFRICAN PENTECOSTALISM IN CONTEXT 1. The Spirit of Dis/continuity
Pentecostalism and the Continuity Debate
Terminology and Presuppositions
Spiritual Power and Spirituality
The Argument of this Book
2. Pentecostalism in the Sub-Sahara
Africa in the Twenty-First Century
Reasons for the Growth of African Pentecostalism
Globalization and the Religious Context
South Africa and its Pentecostalism 3. Pentecostalism in a South African Township
Soshanguve and the Research Project
Pentecostalism in Soshanguve
African Popular Religion and Christian Responses
Methodological Issues and Challenges
PART 2: A SPIRIT-FILLED WORLD
4. The Ambiguity of Ance
About the Author:
Allan Heaton Anderson is Professor of Mission and Pentecostal Studies at the University of Birmingham, England. He is author of many articles and books, including An Introduction to Pentecostalism (2014), To the Ends of the Earth (2013), and Spreading Fires (2007).