Enchanted Calvinism: Labor Migration, Afflicting Spirits, and Christian Therapy in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana

by Adam Mohr

Enchanted Calvinism's central proposition is that Ghanaian Presbyterian communities, both past and present, have become more enchanted--more attuned to spiritual explanations of and remedies for suffering--as they have become integrated into capitalist modes of production. The author draws on a Weberian concept of religious enchantment to analyze the phenomena of spiritual affliction and spiritual healing within the Presbyterian Church of Ghana,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580464629
• ISBN13: 9781580464628
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.1" x 6.2"