Pentecostal Forms across Religious Divides: Media, Publicity, and the Limits of an Anthropology of Global Pentecostalism

Scholars of Pentecostalism have usually studied people who embrace it, but rarely those who do not. I suggest that the study of global Pentecostalism should not limit itself to Pentecostal churches and movements and people who consider themselves Pentecostal. It should include the repercussions of P...

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Main Author: Witte, Marleen de (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2018]
In: Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 7, Pages: 1-13
Further subjects:B African Traditional Religion
B Charismatic Pentecostalism
B Publicity
B Media
B Ghana
B Interreligious Dynamics
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