Grounding the Prosperity Gospel: Sites of Wealth and Power in Ghana

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Standard

Grounding the Prosperity Gospel : Sites of Wealth and Power in Ghana. / Lauterbach, Karen; Bob-Milliar, George M.

The Pentecostal World. ed. / Michael Wilkinson; Jörg Haustein. Routledge, 2023. (Routledge Worlds).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Lauterbach, K & Bob-Milliar, GM 2023, Grounding the Prosperity Gospel: Sites of Wealth and Power in Ghana. in M Wilkinson & J Haustein (eds), The Pentecostal World. Routledge, Routledge Worlds. https://doi.org/9781003108269-32

APA

Lauterbach, K., & Bob-Milliar, G. M. (2023). Grounding the Prosperity Gospel: Sites of Wealth and Power in Ghana. In M. Wilkinson, & J. Haustein (Eds.), The Pentecostal World Routledge. Routledge Worlds https://doi.org/9781003108269-32

Vancouver

Lauterbach K, Bob-Milliar GM. Grounding the Prosperity Gospel: Sites of Wealth and Power in Ghana. In Wilkinson M, Haustein J, editors, The Pentecostal World. Routledge. 2023. (Routledge Worlds). https://doi.org/9781003108269-32

Author

Lauterbach, Karen ; Bob-Milliar, George M. / Grounding the Prosperity Gospel : Sites of Wealth and Power in Ghana. The Pentecostal World. editor / Michael Wilkinson ; Jörg Haustein. Routledge, 2023. (Routledge Worlds).

Bibtex

@inbook{7690240d04db4e8bb1cca7408b766e99,
title = "Grounding the Prosperity Gospel: Sites of Wealth and Power in Ghana",
abstract = "The prosperity gospel, or the health and wealth gospel, is often characterized as a Pentecostal movement and theological principle that has its roots in the United States and that has dispersed globally with a significant imprint on African Pentecostalism. This chapter presents an overview of grounding the prosperity gospel is based on an analysis of the project of building a National Cathedral in Accra, Ghana. The project was launched by President Nana Akufo-Addo in March 2017 and was presented at the occasion of the celebration of Ghana's sixtieth anniversary as an independent nation. In 2021, a fundraising campaign was launched and as part of that the secretariat for the National Cathedral project released a “fundraising documentary video.” Elizabeth Sackey, Regional minister for Greater Accra, gave an address at the event and it was reported “that the corporate prayer of Christians was necessary for the {\textquoteleft}permission and blessings of Heaven{\textquoteright} for the success of the project”.",
author = "Karen Lauterbach and Bob-Milliar, {George M.}",
year = "2023",
doi = "9781003108269-32",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780367621803",
series = "Routledge Worlds",
editor = "Michael Wilkinson and J{\"o}rg Haustein",
booktitle = "The Pentecostal World",
publisher = "Routledge",
address = "United Kingdom",

}

RIS

TY - CHAP

T1 - Grounding the Prosperity Gospel

T2 - Sites of Wealth and Power in Ghana

AU - Lauterbach, Karen

AU - Bob-Milliar, George M.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - The prosperity gospel, or the health and wealth gospel, is often characterized as a Pentecostal movement and theological principle that has its roots in the United States and that has dispersed globally with a significant imprint on African Pentecostalism. This chapter presents an overview of grounding the prosperity gospel is based on an analysis of the project of building a National Cathedral in Accra, Ghana. The project was launched by President Nana Akufo-Addo in March 2017 and was presented at the occasion of the celebration of Ghana's sixtieth anniversary as an independent nation. In 2021, a fundraising campaign was launched and as part of that the secretariat for the National Cathedral project released a “fundraising documentary video.” Elizabeth Sackey, Regional minister for Greater Accra, gave an address at the event and it was reported “that the corporate prayer of Christians was necessary for the ‘permission and blessings of Heaven’ for the success of the project”.

AB - The prosperity gospel, or the health and wealth gospel, is often characterized as a Pentecostal movement and theological principle that has its roots in the United States and that has dispersed globally with a significant imprint on African Pentecostalism. This chapter presents an overview of grounding the prosperity gospel is based on an analysis of the project of building a National Cathedral in Accra, Ghana. The project was launched by President Nana Akufo-Addo in March 2017 and was presented at the occasion of the celebration of Ghana's sixtieth anniversary as an independent nation. In 2021, a fundraising campaign was launched and as part of that the secretariat for the National Cathedral project released a “fundraising documentary video.” Elizabeth Sackey, Regional minister for Greater Accra, gave an address at the event and it was reported “that the corporate prayer of Christians was necessary for the ‘permission and blessings of Heaven’ for the success of the project”.

U2 - 9781003108269-32

DO - 9781003108269-32

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9780367621803

T3 - Routledge Worlds

BT - The Pentecostal World

A2 - Wilkinson, Michael

A2 - Haustein, Jörg

PB - Routledge

ER -

ID: 324308132