Intro; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Bibliography; Part I: History; Chapter 2: The Religions of Zimbabwe in their Plurality; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Religions of Zimbabwe: An Overview; 2.2.1 African Traditional Religions; 2.3 Upholding Ancestral Values: Resilience in African Traditional Religions; 2.4 The Spirit of the Ancestors in the Context of the Spirit of God: An Overview of the Encounter between ATRs and Pentecostalism; 2.4.1 The First among Equals? Christianity in Zimbabwe; 2.5 A Mark of Honour? Accounting for the Prominence of Christianity in Zimbabwe
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2.6 One Faith, Many Modes of Expression: Diversity in the Body of Christ2.7 "Spirit-Driven": Pentecostalism in Zimbabwe; 2.7.1 Islam; 2.8 A Radically Plural Religious Context: An Overview of Other Religions in Zimbabwe; 2.8.1 Judaism; 2.8.2 Hinduism and Buddhism; 2.8.3 New Religious Movements; 2.9 Pentecostalism and the History of Religions in Zimbabwe; 2.10 Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3: History and Characteristics of Pentecostal Christianity in Zimbabwe; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Pentecostal Mother: Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM)
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3.3 The Mother Gives Birth: The Rise of Other Pentecostal Movements from AFM3.4 Further Pentecostal Explosion: The Rise of More Pentecostal Movements in Zimbabwe; 3.5 Then Came American Type Pentecostalism; 3.6 Current Picture of Pentecostalism in Zimbabwe; 3.7 Some Characteristics of the Pentecostal Churches; 3.7.1 Transnational or International Self Presentation; 3.7.2 Association with Urban Areas; 3.7.3 Gospel of Prosperity; 3.7.4 Glossolalia and Spiritism; 3.7.5 Modernity; 3.8 Conclusion; Bibliography
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5.3 Emergence of Charismatism in Roman Catholic Church in Harare5.4 The Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Harare and Key Pentecostal Churches in Harare: Critical Analysis; 5.5 Conclusion: On the Impact of Pentecostalism on Charismatism in Zimbabwe; Bibliography; Part II: Doctrine; Chapter 6: Health and Wealth in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism: The Case of the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (ZAOGA); 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Health and Wealth Discourses in ZAOGA; 6.2.1 Healing as 'Children's Bread'; 6.2.2 The Quest for Wealth: Talents
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Chapter 4: The Primacy of the Spirit: The Case of African Initiated Churches as Pentecostals4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Pentecost-Event (Acts 2) and the Meaning of Pentecostalism; 4.3 African Initiated Churches in Zimbabwe: Unity in/and Diversity; 4.4 A Closer Look at the Relationship between Spirit-Type AICs and Pentecostals; 4.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Pentecostalism and Charismatism in the Roman Catholic Church's Archdiocese of Harare in Zimbabwe: A Critical Analysis; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Survey of the Origins of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) Movement
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This edited book offers an engaging portrait into a vital, religious movement inside this southern Africa country. It tells the story of a community of faith that is often overlooked in the region. The authors include leading scholars of religion, theology, and politics from Botswana and Zimbabwe. The insights they present will help readers understand the place of Pentecostal Christianity in this land of many religions. The chapters detail a history of the movement from its inception to the present. Chapters focus on specific Pentecostal churches, general doctrine of the movement, and the movement's contribution to the country. The writing is deeply informed and features deep historical, theological, and sociological analysis throughout. Readers will also learn about the socio-political and economic relevance of the faith in Zimbabwe as well as the theoretical and methodological implications raised by the Pentecostalisation of society. The volume will serve as a resource book both for teaching and for those doing research on various aspects of the Zimbabwean society past, present, and future. It will be a good resource for those in schools and university and college departments of religious studies, theology, history, politics, sociology, social anthropology, and related studies. Over and above academic and research readers, the book will also be very useful to government policy makers, non-governmental organizations, and civic societies who have the Church as an important stakeholder.