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Introduction to Pentecostal Witchcraft and Spiritual Politics in Africa and Melanesia

  • Rio K
  • MacCarthy M
  • Blanes R
Springer International Publishing, (2017), 1-36
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56068-7_1
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Abstract

In this introduction we give a comparative overview of the situation of Pentecostalism, witchcraft and spiritual politics in Africa and Melanesia. Our comparison between Africa and Melanesia starts off from the cultural specificity of witchcraft and sorcery, but simultaneously highlights how Christian evangelism “pentecostalizes” witchcraft and sorcery by making them universal concerns of life and death, good and evil.

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Rio, K., MacCarthy, M., & Blanes, R. (2017). Introduction to Pentecostal Witchcraft and Spiritual Politics in Africa and Melanesia. In Pentecostalism and Witchcraft (pp. 1–36). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56068-7_1

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