Pentecostalism and Development: Churches, NGOs and social change in Africa
本书通过非洲五旬节派的案例，论证其通过经济伦理影响信徒，比世俗非政府组织更能推动经济变革，并探讨了与新自由主义的关联。
For more than a decade both anthropologists and development sociologists have been engaged in debates about religion and development. Focusing on the case of Pentecostalism in Africa, this edited volume is without doubt a key contribution to the discussion. What stands out is the extremely coherent framing and consistently high-quality chapters. The central argument of the book is that Pentecostalism affects development by creating in followers an economic ethos that works on individuals in ways analogous to Weber's thesis on the Protestant ethic, and that this ethos comes with social and religious practices that make Pentecostalism more successful in bringing economic change than secular NGOs. Freeman's introduction perceptively situates the rise of both NGOs and Pentecostalism in the context of the rising and now maturing neo-liberalism in Africa and discusses resonances with Weber's theory about Protestantism and the rise of Western capitalism. The following chapters are divided into two parts: the first part explores the relationships between ‘Pentecostalism and the Neo-liberal Turn’. The second part examines the differences, similarities and overlaps, in practice and discourse, between Pentecostal churches and secular NGOs as social projects and different routes to salvation.