Spirits Of Globalization The Growth Of Pentecostalism And Experiential Spiritualities In A Global Age Sturla J Stlsett by Sturla J. Stålsett 9780334040545, 033404054X instant download after payment.

Spirits of Globalization provides a contemporary, trans-cultural and interdisciplinary attempt to answer questions about the connection between the forces that drive globalization and the phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism. It looks at links between the liberationist movement and the Pentecostal movement and asks questions about the implications of the Pentecostalisation of religion in the global age. Is the growth of Pentecostalism a form of adaptation or resistance to post-modern capitalism? Does it represent recourse to the firm and rigid religiosity of pre-modernity, or rather a leap of faith into the fragmented post-modern conditions in the poor mega-cities of the globe?

This book doesn’t merely raise the issues for discussion but attempts to provide answers. Taking the seminal work of Harvey Cox on Pentecostalism as a starting point, theologians and sociologists of religion from four continents discern the ‘spirit of globalization’ 100 years after Max Weber wrote his groundbreaking analysis on the protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalisation.

This book was born out of the international research conference ‘Spirits of Globalization: Cross-cultural and Theological Perspectives on (Neo-) Pentecostalism and Experiential Spiritualities’ held at the University of Oslo in 2004.

Contributions come from Sigurd Bergmann, Harvey Cox, Jonathan Draper, Mary Rute Gomes Esperandio, Berge Furre, Sung-Gun Kim, Gary Leonard, Sarojini Nadar, Andrew Thomas, Oddbjørn Leirvik, Jone Salomonsen, Way Man Yuen, Sigurd Bergmann, Sturla Stålsettand, and Harold Wells.

The editor, Sturla J Stålsett is associate professor and leader of the research program Religion in a Globalized Age, at the faculty of Theology, University of Oslo.