Enchanted Calvinism: Labor Migration, Afflicting Spirits, and Christian Therapy in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana
(Part of the Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Series)
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Enchanted Calvinism's central proposition is that Ghanaian Presbyterian communities, both past and present, have become more enchanted--more attuned to spiritual explanations of and remedies for suffering--as they have become integrated into capitalist modes of production. The author draws on a Weberian concept of religious enchantment to analyze the phenomena of spiritual affliction and spiritual healing within the Presbyterian Church of Ghana,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1580464629
ISBN13:9781580464628
Release Date:November 2013
Publisher:University of Rochester Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 9.1" x 6.2"
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