"Faith it, till you make it" : prosperity gospel and spiritual hustling among young pentecostal Christians in Harare

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dc.contributor.author Taru, Josiah
dc.contributor.author McNeill, Fraser G.
dc.date.accessioned 2025-03-10T13:15:50Z
dc.date.available 2025-03-10T13:15:50Z
dc.date.issued 2024-12
dc.description.abstract Pentecostal charismatic churches that preach prosperity gospel in Zimbabwe have attracted a youthful membership. In the context of a deeply uncertain economic future, young Pentecostal Christians devise performativity strategies for optimizing their chances of converting prosperity gospel into material prosperity. These strategies include sartorial elegance in adorning counterfeit suits, the performance of obedience, and the use of social media technologies. The picture that emerges is a complex and at times contradictory one in which the potential realization of upward spiritual and social mobility rests, ultimately, on the transformative and volatile nature of value. Data for this project was collected in Harare through ethnographic research and interviews over a year-long period. en_US
dc.description.abstract Les églises charismatiques pentecôtistes qui prêchent l’Évangile de la prospérité au Zimbabwe ont attiré des jeunes membres. Face à un avenir économique très incertain, les jeunes chrétiens pentecôtistes mettent au point des stratégies performatives afin d’augmenter leurs chances de transformer l’Évangile de la prospérité en prospérité matérielle. Ces stratégies consistent en l’élégance vestimentaire dans l’ornementation de costumes contrefaits, la performance de l’obéissance et l’utilisation des technologies des médias sociaux. L’image émise est complexe et parfois contradictoire, selon laquelle l’accomplissement possible de la mobilité spirituelle et sociale ascendante dépend, au fond, de la nature transformatrice et changeante de la valeur. Les données ont été collectées à Harare par le biais de recherches ethnographiques et d’entretiens sur une période d’un an. en_US
dc.description.abstract As carismáticas igrejas pentecostais que pregam a doutrina da prosperidade no Zimbabué têm atraído a adesão de novos membros jovens. No contexto de um futuro económico profundamente incerto, os jovens cristãos pentecostais encontram estratégias performativas para otimizar as suas hipóteses de transformarem a doutrina da prosperidade numa prosperidade material. Entre estas estratégias, contam-se a elegância da indumentária, adornando os fatos de contrafação, a performance da obediência e a utilização das tecnologias das redes sociais. O retrato que daqui emerge é complexo e por vezes contraditório. Nele, a potencial concretização da mobilidade espiritual e social depende, em última análise, da natureza transformadora e volátil do valor. Em Harare, foram recolhidos dados através de investigação etnográfica e de entrevistas realizadas ao longo de um ano. en_US
dc.description.department Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/african-studies-review en_US
dc.identifier.citation Taru, J. & McNeill, F.G. “Faith it, till you make it”: Prosperity Gospel and Spiritual Hustling among Young Pentecostal Christians in Harare. African Studies Review. 2024; 67(4): 941-966. doi: 10.1017/asr.2024.178. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0002-0206 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1555-2462 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1017/asr.2024.178
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101430
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Cambridge University Press en_US
dc.rights © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of African Studies Association. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0). en_US
dc.subject Prosperity gospel en_US
dc.subject Consumption en_US
dc.subject Youth en_US
dc.subject Performative en_US
dc.subject Hustling en_US
dc.subject Pentecostalism en_US
dc.subject Zimbabwe en_US
dc.subject.other Humanities articles SDG-01
dc.subject.other SDG-01: No poverty
dc.title "Faith it, till you make it" : prosperity gospel and spiritual hustling among young pentecostal Christians in Harare en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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