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This book investigates an African diaspora Christian community in Calgary, Alberta, and explores the ways in which the church´s beliefs and practices impact the lives of its migrant congregation. In particular, it reveals the church´s pronounced concern with the utility of the Prosperity Gospel and Holy Spirit Power.

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1. Now We Are Coming: Global Pentecostalism and the New African Diaspora 2. Beliefs and Practices: The Prosperity Gospel and Holy Spirit Power 3. One in Worship: Community-Building and Identity Formation 4. Not Even a Single Enemy: Homeland, Mission, and Responses to Racism 5. The Spirit´s Utility: Expressed Functionalism and APCC´s Future

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Thomas Aechtner is Lecturer in History of Religious Thought in the School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics at the University of Queensland, Australia.

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