Pentecostal profits: the prosperity gospel in the global south

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dc.contributor.authorMacTavish, Ron
dc.contributor.supervisorRobinson, Thomas A. (Thomas Arthur)
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-09T20:03:48Z
dc.date.available2014-10-09T20:03:48Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the link between the development of the so-called prosperity gospel and the explosive growth of Pentecostalism in the Global South. It examines the evolution of the prosperity gospel as a strand of Pentecostalism in its country of origin, the United States. It then investigates the dramatic acceptance of the theology in selected pockets of the Pacific Rim, Latin America and Africa. Specific exemplars of the theology ─ famous pastors or burgeoning new denominations ─ are scrutinized and their methodologies for missionizing are probed. The study also touches on the theology’s impact on the rest of Christianity and on some other religions in the Global South. The reasons for the success of the theology in Global South are considered. They point to the surprising conclusion that the prosperity gospel is not new, but old, and that it resonates with religious impulses that precede all of the world religions.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3527
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0320en_US
dc.proquest.subject0469en_US
dc.proquest.subject0318en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Religious Studies, 2014en_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectProsperity gospelen_US
dc.subjectProsperity theologyen_US
dc.subjectGlobal south
dc.subject.lcshDeveloping countries--Church history
dc.subject.lcshDeveloping countries--Religion
dc.subject.lcshPentecostalism--Developing countries
dc.subject.lcshFaith movement (Hagin)--Developing countries
dc.subject.lcshDissertations, Academic
dc.titlePentecostal profits: the prosperity gospel in the global southen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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