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Papers by Asonzeh Ukah
Religion in the Pre-Contact Old World: Africa
The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America, 2000
God Unlimited: Economic Transformations of Contemporary Nigerian Pentecostalism
Research in Economic Anthropology, 2011
... 1968). Josiah was literate in Yoruba but not in English. He quickly rose to the rank of proph... more ... 1968). Josiah was literate in Yoruba but not in English. He quickly rose to the rank of prophet and Apostle in the C&S, and formed a small band of followers around himself called Egbe Ogo Oluwa, the 'Glory of God Fellowship'. In ...
Marshall, Ruth, Political Spiritualities: The Pentecostal Revolution in Nigeria
PentecoStudies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, 2010
[PS 9.2 (2010) 262264] PentecoStudies (print) ISSN 2041-3599 doi: 10.1558/ptcs.v9i2.262 PentecoS... more [PS 9.2 (2010) 262264] PentecoStudies (print) ISSN 2041-3599 doi: 10.1558/ptcs.v9i2.262 PentecoStudies (online) ISSN 1871-7691 ... © Equinox Publishing Ltd 2010, 1 Chelsea Manor Studios, Flood Street, London SW3 5SR. ... MARSHALL, Ruth, Political Spiritualities: The ...
The Midwife or the Handmaid? Religion in Political Advertising in Nigeria
Religion and Society in the 21st Century, 2014
The conceptualization of religion as a discrete or separate aspect of social life not having anyt... more The conceptualization of religion as a discrete or separate aspect of social life not having anything to do with political behaviour is increasingly destabilized by contemporary practices in which metaphysical and spiritual beliefs aggressively and unapologetically insert themselves in the conception and practice of politics. The resurgence of religion is transforming the practice of politics from the Middle East to Asia to North America to Latin America. In post-colonial Africa, religion and ethnicity have never been separated from political participation and contestations. While religious beliefs and practices have traditionally played certain roles in the history of communities which later became Nigeria, never before in the history of post-colonial Nigeria has religion played a pivotal and organising role as it does in the present dispensation (1999-present). Right from 1999 when Olusegun Obasanjo emerged from prison to contest for the office of the president and was consequently framed in the image of a political “messiah”, subsequent political actors have consistently presented themselves as quasi-divine figures on a sacred mission to redeem Nigeria citizens of the country from decades of misrule and misgovernance. This image of a political redeemer is nowhere more articulated than during the 2011 general election and especially the president campaign of Goodluck Joanthan, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Nigeria. Local Identities and Global Processes in African Pentecostalism
Page 1. THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD (RCCG), NIGERIA. LOCAL IDENTITIES AND GLOBAL PROCESS... more Page 1. THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD (RCCG), NIGERIA. LOCAL IDENTITIES AND GLOBAL PROCESSES IN AFRICAN PENTECOSTALISM Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades an der Kulturwissenschaftlich Fakultät der Universität Bayreuth ...
R oadside P entecostalism
Critical Interventions, 2008
Antipoda Revista De Antropologia Y Arqueologia, 2008
Antipoda Revista De Antropologia Y Arqueologia, 2006
Yoruba in Diaspora: An African Church in London
Pneuma, 2008
Katherine Attanasi & Amos Yong (eds), Pentecostalism and Prosperity: The Socio-Economics of the Global Charismatic Movement, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). xii + 259 pp., $73.79 hard cover
Pneuma, 2013
Conversion to Christianity has changed the face of contemporary Africa. In the 21st century, Afri... more Conversion to Christianity has changed the face of contemporary Africa. In the 21st century, Africans are missionaries to their own people. Continental migration flows are increasingly turning internal migrants into missionaries in their host societies. A striking example is Nigerian migrants in South Africa and their missionary activities among members of their host society.
Religion on the Move! New Dynamics of Religious Expansion in a Globalizing World , written by Afe Adogame and Shobana Shankar
Journal of Religion in Africa, 2015
Religion and the Media || Advertising God: Nigerian Christian Video-Films and the Power of Consumer Culture
Journal of Religion in Africa, 2003
... advertise his neo-pentecostalist religious orientation. In this video, Andy, played by Kennet... more ... advertise his neo-pentecostalist religious orientation. In this video, Andy, played by Kenneth Okonkwo, is a young trader of limited means. He has just married a young bride, Merit, whom he loves dearly. Soon after the wedding he ...
Pastors and Financial Accountability in West Africa Pentecostalism
Antipoda Revista De Antropologia Y Arqueologia, 2008
... Según Pell, "el pentecostalismo apareció primero en Nigeria entre 1930 y 1931, cuando lo... more ... Según Pell, "el pentecostalismo apareció primero en Nigeria entre 1930 y 1931, cuando los líderes del renacimiento de Aladura... ... como una relación divinamente inspirada en el "Dios rico" quien es "amigo de los ricos", dado que "Dios los cría y ellos se juntan" (Adeboye, 1989 ...
Religion and Globalization
Bongmba/The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions, 2012
Shades of Belonging: African Pentecostals in Twenty-First Century Ireland. By Abel Ugba. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc., 2009. Pp. xii + 284. Diagrams, $29.95
Religious Studies Review, 2013
Taxonomy of churches in Nigeria: a historical perspective
Orita Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies, 2002
3 Re-Imagining the Religious Field: The Rhetoric of Nigerian Pentecostal Pastors in South Africa
Bourdieu in Africa, 2015
Religion in the Pre-Contact Old World: Africa
The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America, 2000
God Unlimited: Economic Transformations of Contemporary Nigerian Pentecostalism
Research in Economic Anthropology, 2011
... 1968). Josiah was literate in Yoruba but not in English. He quickly rose to the rank of proph... more ... 1968). Josiah was literate in Yoruba but not in English. He quickly rose to the rank of prophet and Apostle in the C&S, and formed a small band of followers around himself called Egbe Ogo Oluwa, the 'Glory of God Fellowship'. In ...
Marshall, Ruth, Political Spiritualities: The Pentecostal Revolution in Nigeria
PentecoStudies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, 2010
[PS 9.2 (2010) 262264] PentecoStudies (print) ISSN 2041-3599 doi: 10.1558/ptcs.v9i2.262 PentecoS... more [PS 9.2 (2010) 262264] PentecoStudies (print) ISSN 2041-3599 doi: 10.1558/ptcs.v9i2.262 PentecoStudies (online) ISSN 1871-7691 ... © Equinox Publishing Ltd 2010, 1 Chelsea Manor Studios, Flood Street, London SW3 5SR. ... MARSHALL, Ruth, Political Spiritualities: The ...
The Midwife or the Handmaid? Religion in Political Advertising in Nigeria
Religion and Society in the 21st Century, 2014
The conceptualization of religion as a discrete or separate aspect of social life not having anyt... more The conceptualization of religion as a discrete or separate aspect of social life not having anything to do with political behaviour is increasingly destabilized by contemporary practices in which metaphysical and spiritual beliefs aggressively and unapologetically insert themselves in the conception and practice of politics. The resurgence of religion is transforming the practice of politics from the Middle East to Asia to North America to Latin America. In post-colonial Africa, religion and ethnicity have never been separated from political participation and contestations. While religious beliefs and practices have traditionally played certain roles in the history of communities which later became Nigeria, never before in the history of post-colonial Nigeria has religion played a pivotal and organising role as it does in the present dispensation (1999-present). Right from 1999 when Olusegun Obasanjo emerged from prison to contest for the office of the president and was consequently framed in the image of a political “messiah”, subsequent political actors have consistently presented themselves as quasi-divine figures on a sacred mission to redeem Nigeria citizens of the country from decades of misrule and misgovernance. This image of a political redeemer is nowhere more articulated than during the 2011 general election and especially the president campaign of Goodluck Joanthan, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Nigeria. Local Identities and Global Processes in African Pentecostalism
Page 1. THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD (RCCG), NIGERIA. LOCAL IDENTITIES AND GLOBAL PROCESS... more Page 1. THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD (RCCG), NIGERIA. LOCAL IDENTITIES AND GLOBAL PROCESSES IN AFRICAN PENTECOSTALISM Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades an der Kulturwissenschaftlich Fakultät der Universität Bayreuth ...
R oadside P entecostalism
Critical Interventions, 2008
Antipoda Revista De Antropologia Y Arqueologia, 2008
Antipoda Revista De Antropologia Y Arqueologia, 2006
Yoruba in Diaspora: An African Church in London
Pneuma, 2008
Katherine Attanasi & Amos Yong (eds), Pentecostalism and Prosperity: The Socio-Economics of the Global Charismatic Movement, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). xii + 259 pp., $73.79 hard cover
Pneuma, 2013
Conversion to Christianity has changed the face of contemporary Africa. In the 21st century, Afri... more Conversion to Christianity has changed the face of contemporary Africa. In the 21st century, Africans are missionaries to their own people. Continental migration flows are increasingly turning internal migrants into missionaries in their host societies. A striking example is Nigerian migrants in South Africa and their missionary activities among members of their host society.
Religion on the Move! New Dynamics of Religious Expansion in a Globalizing World , written by Afe Adogame and Shobana Shankar
Journal of Religion in Africa, 2015
Religion and the Media || Advertising God: Nigerian Christian Video-Films and the Power of Consumer Culture
Journal of Religion in Africa, 2003
... advertise his neo-pentecostalist religious orientation. In this video, Andy, played by Kennet... more ... advertise his neo-pentecostalist religious orientation. In this video, Andy, played by Kenneth Okonkwo, is a young trader of limited means. He has just married a young bride, Merit, whom he loves dearly. Soon after the wedding he ...
Pastors and Financial Accountability in West Africa Pentecostalism
Antipoda Revista De Antropologia Y Arqueologia, 2008
... Según Pell, "el pentecostalismo apareció primero en Nigeria entre 1930 y 1931, cuando lo... more ... Según Pell, "el pentecostalismo apareció primero en Nigeria entre 1930 y 1931, cuando los líderes del renacimiento de Aladura... ... como una relación divinamente inspirada en el "Dios rico" quien es "amigo de los ricos", dado que "Dios los cría y ellos se juntan" (Adeboye, 1989 ...
Religion and Globalization
Bongmba/The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions, 2012
Shades of Belonging: African Pentecostals in Twenty-First Century Ireland. By Abel Ugba. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc., 2009. Pp. xii + 284. Diagrams, $29.95
Religious Studies Review, 2013
Taxonomy of churches in Nigeria: a historical perspective
Orita Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies, 2002
3 Re-Imagining the Religious Field: The Rhetoric of Nigerian Pentecostal Pastors in South Africa
Bourdieu in Africa, 2015