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9780226507132

Political Spiritualities

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226507132

  • ISBN10:

    0226507130

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-06-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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Summary

After an explosion of conversions to Pentecostalism over the past three decades, tens of millions of Nigerians now claim that "Jesus is the answer." But if Jesus is the answer, what is the question? What led to the movement's dramatic rise and how can we make sense of its social and political significance? In this ambitiously interdisciplinary study, Ruth Marshall draws on years of fieldwork and grapples with a host of important thinkersincluding Foucault, Agamben, Arendt, and Benjaminto answer these questions. To account for the movement's success, Marshall explores how Pentecostalism presents the experience of being born again as a chance for Nigerians to realize the promises of political and religious salvation made during the colonial and postcolonial eras. Her astute analysis of this religious trend sheds light on Nigeria's contemporary politics, postcolonial statecraft, and the everyday struggles of ordinary citizens coping with poverty, corruption, and inequality. Pentecostalism's rise is truly global, andPolitical Spiritualitiespersuasively argues that Nigeria is a key case in this phenomenon while calling for new ways of thinking about the place of religion in contemporary politics.

Author Biography

Ruth Marshall is assistant professor in the Department and Centre for the Study of Religion and the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Rethinking the Religious and the Political in Africap. 17
Rupture, Redemption, and the History of the Presentp. 51
Revival and the Postcolonial Crisis of Governmentp. 92
God's Subjectsp. 128
Born-Again Ethics and the Spirits of the Political Economyp. 166
The Politics of Convictionp. 201
Conclusionp. 239
Appendixp. 245
Notesp. 265
Bibliographyp. 311
Indexp. 339
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