Health, Wealth, and Power in an African Diaspora Church in Canada [Hardcover]

This book investigates an African diaspora Christian community in Calgary, Alberta, and explores the ways in which the church's beliefs and practices impact the lives of its migrant congregation. In particular, it reveals the church's pronounced concern with the utility of the Prosperity Gospel and Holy Spirit Power.1. Now We Are Coming: Global Pentecostalism and the New African Diaspora 2. Beliefs and Practices: The Prosperity Gospel and Holy Spirit Power 3. One in Worship: Community-Building and Identity Formation 4. Not Even a Single Enemy: Homeland, Mission, and Responses to Racism 5. The Spirit's Utility: Expressed Functionalism and APCC's FutureThomas Aechtner is Lecturer in History of Religious Thought in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics at the University of Queensland, Australia.