The Global Portability of Pneumatic Christianity: Comparing African and Latin American Pentecostalisms

Entrepreneurial Religion in the Age of Neoliberal Urbanism

“…They meet the disruptions of a globally operating neoliberalism with a ‘total reclamation of the social sphere' in that they offer ‘cogent orders of fixed referents and absolute truths', thus mimicking ‘the creative forms of the market, promising to unlock unprecedented sources of value and productivity by tapping the direct operation of God in the world' (Comaroff, : 24; cf . Vásquez, ).…”

“…Inter‐referencing takes place both at the local and the global level: not only does the Redemption Camp in Lagos serve as a model for a City of God that the RCCG is planning in Dallas, Texas ( cf . Vásquez, ) — competing local Pentecostal churches and even Muslim organizations take their cue from it for their own prayer camps that line the Lagos–Ibadan highway like pearls on a string.…”

Leaving Pentecostalism

“…Pentecostalism is often described as an expanding and dynamic form of Christianity (Martin 1990;Vasquez 2009;Anderson 2014: 1-2), rife with disruptions and divisions (Coleman 1998(Coleman , 2013. In the beginning of the twentieth century, when large numbers of Pentecostal groups and congregations were being founded, many of them strictly defined their identity and moral boundaries by opposing both mainstream Christianity and the contemporary society and culture.…”

The Finnish Pentecostal Movement: An Analysis of Internal Struggle as a Process of Habitual Division

“…While offering something familiar and traditional, it also brings new and sometimes liberating ideas of individuality and social improvement. Such ideas include individual relationships with God and emancipation from poverty, as well as new forms of embodied practices and experiences (Robbins 2009, 62-63;Vasquez 2009). …”