01617nam a2200313 a 4500 20260119071232.0 2024-01-11 09:42:41 9781845454838 eng 289.94 T454-K61 Kirsch, Thomas G. Author Spirits and Letters Reading, writing and charisma in African Christianity Thomas G. Kirsch U.S.A. Berghahn Books 2008 274tr. Hardcover, illustrations 24cm Studies of religion have a tendency to conceptualise 'the Spirit' and 'the Letter' as mutually exclusive and intrinsically antagonistic. However, the history of religions abounds in cases where charismatic leaders deliberately refer to and make use of writings. This book challenges prevailing scholarly notions of the relationship between 'charisma' and 'institution' by analysing reading and writing practices in contemporary Christianity. Taking up the continuing anthropological interest in Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity, and representing the first book-length treatment of literacy practices among African Christians, this volume explores how church leaders in Zambia refer to the Bible and other religious literature, and how they organise a church bureaucracy in the Pentecostal-charismatic mode... Christianity -- Africa Church history https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/13280/s.jpg Cover Image Nguyễn Thị Kim Phượng 231010TKH 13131 13131 0 0 0 0 TVCD TVCD 2026-01-20 0.00 0 TVCD-13131 0.00 BK