Prophets, evangelists, and missionaries: Trans-Atlantic interactions in the emergence of Nigerian Pentecostalism

This article historicizes the contemporary Pentecostal movement in Nigeria by examining relationships between Nigerian prophets, British missionaries, and American evangelists in the 1930s and 1940s. First, the article challenges assumptions about the genealogy and chronology of Nigerian Pentecostal...

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Main Author: Premack, Laura (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2015]
In: Religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 221-238
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Nigeria / Pentecostal churches / Development / Interaction / History 1930-1950
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDG Free church
Online Access: Volltext (doi)