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Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in Ghana
Karen Lauterbach
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Description for Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in Ghana
Hardback. Num Pages: 221 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; HRCX4; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 444.
This book centers around mid-level charismatic pastors in Ghana. Karen Lauterbach analyzes pastorship as a pathway to becoming small big men and achieving status, wealth, and power in the country. The volume investigates both the social processes of becoming a pastor and the spiritual dimensions of how power and wealth are conceptualized, achieved, and legitimized in the particular context of Asante in Ghana. Lauterbach integrates her analysis of charismatic Christianity with a historically informed examination of social mobility-how people in subordinate positions seek to join up with power. She explores how the ideas and experiences surrounding the achievement ... Read more
This book centers around mid-level charismatic pastors in Ghana. Karen Lauterbach analyzes pastorship as a pathway to becoming small big men and achieving status, wealth, and power in the country. The volume investigates both the social processes of becoming a pastor and the spiritual dimensions of how power and wealth are conceptualized, achieved, and legitimized in the particular context of Asante in Ghana. Lauterbach integrates her analysis of charismatic Christianity with a historically informed examination of social mobility-how people in subordinate positions seek to join up with power. She explores how the ideas and experiences surrounding the achievement ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
221
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319334936
SKU
V9783319334936
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Ref
99-15
About Karen Lauterbach
Karen Lauterbach is Associate Professor at the Centre of African Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Reviews for Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in Ghana
Lauterbach's Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in Ghana, provides us with a refreshing look at what has been described as Ghana's `new Christianity.' ... it certainly does not shy away from foregrounding why Kumasi and Asante notions of wealth, power and status are essential to our understanding of charismatic Christianity in Ghana. ... Karen Lauterbach's book carefully considers how both ... Read more