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Werbner, Richard P.

Holy hustlers, schism, and prophecy : apostolic reformation in Botswana / Richard Werbner. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 268 pages) - - The anthropology of Christianity ; 11 . - Anthropology of Christianity ; 11. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.

[Book contents:] Holy hustling -- Between the prophetic and the pastoral -- The lives of prophets and bishops -- Escalating crisis : faith and trust "under destruction" -- Schism, innovation, and continuity -- Personal nearness and sincerity in prayer -- Diagnosis, reconnaissance, and fabrication -- Prescribing Christian cosmetics : moving bodies and intercorporeality -- Old and new in Chrisitian reformation -- From film to book -- dianoia and noesis.

This text examines the charismatic Christian reformation presently underway in Botswana's time of AIDS and the moral crisis that divides the church between elders and young apostolic faith healers.

ISBN: 9780520949461 0520949463 128327812X 9781283278126

Source: 22573/cttszkz2 JSTOR

LCCN: 2021696881

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pentecostal churches--Botswana--Gaborone.
Gaborone (Botswana)--Church history.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--General.
Pentecostal churches

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Botswana--Gaborone

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Church history

LC Class. No.: BX8762.A45

Dewey Class. No.: 276.883/083