Description Pentecostalism is currently the fastest-growing Christian movement, with hundreds of millions of followers.
Pritchard is Associate Professor of Religion at Bowdoin College and author of Religion in Public: Locke\'s Political Theology..
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Pritchard, Jane Soothill, Linda van de Kamp About the Author Judith Casselberry is Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Bowdoin College and author of The Labor of Faith: Gender and Power in Black Apostolic Pentecostalism, also published by Duke University Press.
Paula Aymer, John Burdick, Judith Casselberry, Deidre Helen Crumbley, Elizabeth Mc Alister, Laura Premack, Elizabeth A.
Contributors.
In fleshing out the experiences, theologies, and innovations of Black Women Pentecostals, the contributors show how Pentecostal belief and its various practices reflect the movement\'s complexity, reach, and adaptability to specific cultural and political formations.
Exploring a range of topics, from Neo-Pentecostal churches in Ghana that help Women challenge gender norms to evangelical gospel musicians in Brazil, the contributors show how Pentecostalism helps Black Women draw attention to and seek remediation from the violence and injustices brought on by civil war, capitalist exploitation, racism, and the failures of the state.
The contributors to Spirit on the Move examine Pentecostalism\'s appeal to Black Women worldwide and the ways it provides them with a source of community and access to power.
This growth overwhelmingly takes place outside of the West, and Women make up 75 percent of the membership.
Description Pentecostalism is currently the fastest-growing Christian movement, with hundreds of millions of followers