Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-344) and index.

Precedents in early charismatic movements, 1900-1960s -- Oriki : genealogy and identity in Pentecostal historiography -- Bakuzufu : contested identities and the quest for power in African Christianity -- Moya : African charismatic initiatives and classical Pentecostal missionaries -- Mademoni : African-instituted churches in Pentecostal rhetoric -- The modern Pentecostal movement,1970s-1990s -- Aliliki : charismatic resurgence of the 1970s -- The big man of the big God : Pentecostalism, media, and popular culture in the 1980s -- Elijah's mantle : Pentecostal re-evangelization of Africa in the 1990s -- Gendered charisma : charisma and women in African Pentecostalism -- Pentecostalism in the African public space -- Sankofa : Pentecostalism in the African map of the universe -- Masters on horses : the roots of Pentecostal public ethics -- Tembisa : Pentecostal political theology and practices -- Child of the bondwoman : Islam and Sharia in Pentecostal rhetoric -- Pentecostal words and worlds -- Standing on the Word : Pentecostal theologies -- Reverse flow : Pentecostalism and immigrant African Christianity.