https://brill.com/view/title/55810
Editors: Cristina Rocha, Mark P. Hutchinson and Kathleen Openshaw
In this edited book, Rocha, Hutchinson and Openshaw argue that Australia has made and still makes important contributions to how Pentecostal and charismatic Christianities have developed worldwide. This edited volume fills a critical gap in two important scholarly literatures. The first is the Australian literature on religion, in which the absence of the charismatic and Pentecostal element tends to reinforce now widely debunked notions of Australia as lacking the religious tendencies of old Europe. The second is the emerging transnational literature on Pentecostal and Charismatic movements. This book enriches our understanding not only of how these movements spread worldwide but also how they are indigenised and grow new shoots in very diverse contexts.
Table of Contents
Preface: Paul Freston
Introduction: Australian Charismatic Movements as a Space of Flows
Mark Hutchinson, Cristina Rocha, Kathleen Openshaw
Section I: Situating Pentecostal Charismatic Christianities in Australia
Chapter 1: Reframing Howard Carter: Alternative ‘Routes’ for the Emergence of the Australasian Charismatic Renewal
Mark Hutchinson
Chapter 2: Australian Proto-Pentecostals: The Contribution of the Catholic Apostolic Church
Peter Elliott
Chapter 3: City, Portal and Hub: Brisbane and Catholic Charismatic Renewal
John Maiden
Chapter 4: Strong Church or Niche Market? The Demography of the Pentecostal Church in Australia
Andrew Singleton
Section II: Home-grown Australian PCMs
Chapter 5: A Match Made in Heaven: Why Popular Music is Central to the Growth in Pentecostal Charismatic Christianities
Daniel Thornton
Chapter 6: Marketing and Branding Practices in Australian Pentecostal Suburban Megachurches for Supporting International Growth
Mairead Shanahan
Chapter 7: Andrew Evans: The Making of an Australian Pentecostal Politician
Denise A. Austin
Chapter 8: “The Work of the Spirit:” Hillsong Church and a Spiritual Formation for the Marketplace
Tanya Riches
Chapter 9: The Wacky, the Frightening and the Spectacular: Hearing God’s Voice in Australian Pentecostal Churches
Tania Harris
Section III: A Meeting between Pentecostalism from the Global South and North
Chapter 10: “Living the Dream:” Post-Millennial Brazilians at Hillsong College
Cristina Rocha
Chapter 11: Extraordinary Sacrifice and Transnational Spiritual Capital in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God
Kathleen Openshaw
Chapter 12: “The demon is growing with sins, but there are angels around:” Bundjalung Pentecostalism as Faith and Paradox
Mahnaz Alimardanian
Chapter 13: Epilogue: Allan Anderson