This book considers the rise of born-again Christianity in Africa through a study of one of the most dynamic Pentecostal movements. David Maxwell traces the transformation of the prophet Ezekiel Guti and his prayer band from small beginnings in the townships of the 1950s into the present-day transnational business enterprise, which is now the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God. Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa claims one and a half million members in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and South Africa and has branches in other African countries, Europe, and the United States. African Gifts of the Spirit illuminates Africa\u2019s relations with American Christianities, black and white.
- ISBN10 0821417371
- ISBN13 9780821417379
- Publish Date 12 February 2007
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Ohio University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language English