Pentecostalism and Development Churches, NGOs and Social Change in Africa

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 Pen...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Freeman, Dena (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2012, 2012
Series:Non-Governmental Public Action
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:XIII, 248 p online resource
ISBN:9781137017253