Pentecostal and Charismatic Spiritualities and Civic Engagement in Zambia

• Main Author: M'fundisi-Holloway, Naar (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Christianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies
• Subjects: Religion and sociology.; Africa, Sub-Saharan-History.; Ethnology-Africa.; Africa-Politics and government.; Religion and Society.; Sociology of Religion.; History of Sub-Saharan Africa.; African Culture.; African Politics.

For the past sixty years, the Pentecostal and Charismatic movement has played a major role in Zambia. In this book, Naar Mfundisi-Holloway explains the history of this development and its impact on civic engagement. She opens a discussion on church-state relations and explains how the church present...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Zambia's Religious Landscape
• Chapter 2: The History of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in Zambia Pentecostal Churches
• Chapter 3: 'Zambia Shall Be Free!' Exorcizing Dictatorial Regimes, Embracing Democracy and Civic Engagement (1964-1991)
• Chapter 4: 'The Hour has Come!' Born-Again Christians and Their influence on Democratic Zambia 1991-2001
• Chapter 5: Towards an Evaluation of Pentecostal and Charismatic Political Engagement Post the Chiluba Era (2001-2012)
• Chapter 6: 'Zambia Shall Be Saved!' Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
• Chapter 7: Conclusion.