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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    09 April 2027
    30 April 2027
    ISBN:
    9781047777421
    9781047777469
    9781047777438
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    310 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    310 Pages
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In Pentecostalism and African Identity: Destiny, Incompleteness, and Religion, Nimi Wariboko develops an original theory of African Pentecostal identity centered on destiny, incompleteness, and the 'value gap' between present existence and hoped-for flourishing life, their believed divine destiny. He names this gap 'the life that remains.' Drawing on African traditional religions, Christian theology, social ethics, and critical theory, the book argues that African Pentecostal spirituality is animated by the continual pursuit of fulfilling divine purpose. This pursuit shapes understandings of power, time, space, creativity, economic behavior, hope, and ethical life across the African postcolony. Using Nigeria as a primary lens, Wariboko shows how Pentecostal practices simultaneously generate hope, expose fractures within modern African societies, and reveal the tensions of prosperity theology. Boldly transdisciplinary and theoretically innovative, the book redefines the study of African Pentecostalism by presenting 'the life that remains' as the organizing experience of Pentecostal thought, identity, and ethics.

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