Examines the complex relationship between Pentecostalism and African states

Covers a range of significant issues in contemporary African life, including racism, citizenship, fundamentalism, entrepreneurship, gender, and democratization

Offers useful theoretical frameworks for making sense of African Pentecostalism

Suggests new directions for research on Pentecostalism, as well as religion and comparative African politics more broadly

I.- Introduction.- 1. Introduction: The Pentecostal and the Political in Africa.- 2. Explaining the Growth and Legitimation of the Pentecostal Movement in Africa.- Part II: Pentecostalism and Society in Africa.- 3. Pentecostalism, Islam, and Religious Fundamentalism in Africa.- 4. "Buy Back the Future": Charismatic Pentecostalism and Africa's Liberation in a Neoliberal World.- 5. When Pentecostalism Meets African Indigenous Religions: Conflict, Compromise or Incorporation?.- 6. Pentecostal Panopticism and the Phantasm of "Ultimate Power".- 7. The Pentecostal Movement and the Ecumenical Movement in the African Context.- 8. Pentecostalism, the Prosperity Gospel, and Poverty in Africa.- 9. Soft Tongue, Powerful Voice, Huge Influence: The Dynamic of Gender, Soft Power and Political Influence in Faith Evangelistic Ministries in Kenya.- 10. The Role of Women, Theology, and Ecumenical Organisations in the Rise of Pentecostal Churches in Botswana.- 11. Neither Jew nor Greek?:Class, Ethnicity, and Race in the Pentecostal Movement in Africa.- III. Pentecostalism and/as Politics in Africa.- 12. Pentecostalism, Political Philosophy and the Political in Africa.- 13. Political Ramifications of Some Shifts in Nigeria's Pentecostal Movement.- 14. Pentecostalism as an Alternate Social Order in Africa.- 15. Pentecostals, Conflict and Peace in Africa.- 16. Leadership and Power in the Pentecostal Movement: Selected Case Studies.- 17. African Pentecostalism and Modernity: Critical Reflections on Tensions and Social Concerns.- 18. Pentecostalism, Power and Politics in Nigeria.- IV. Conclusion.- 17. African Pentecostal Political Philosophy: New Directions in the Study of Pentecostalism and Politics.