Abstract
The main argument of this chapter is that modern society is essentially founded and built on modern rationality, a scientific worldview, and epistemology, even if the spread of these is uneven across time and place. On the other hand, even though Africa’s Pentecostals are preoccupied with becoming rich and doing so fast, their pathway to success in life is rooted in unlocking divine and supernatural keys to success and prosperity. Zalanga substantiates this claim and observation by using the teachings of the leaders of two Nigerian Pentecostal denominations as empirical case studies to represent Africa’s Pentecostalism. In conclusion, the chapter suggests certain conceptual tools that can be used to interrogate Africa’s Pentecostalism.
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Zalanga, S. (2018). Pentecostalism as an Alternative Social Order in Africa. In: Afolayan, A., Yacob-Haliso, O., Falola, T. (eds) Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa. African Histories and Modernities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74911-2_14
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