The Pentecostal World provides a comprehensive and critical introduction to a diverse expression of contemporary Christianity. Written by a team of international contributors, the volume is comprised of six sections, with each offering a critical perspective on classical themes in the study of Pentecostalism.

In this rich and multi-layered deconstruction of German colonial engagement with Islam, Jörg Haustein shows how imperial agents in Germany’s largest colony wielded the knowledge category of Islam in a broad set of debates, ranging from race, language, and education to slavery, law, conflict, and war. These representations of ‘Mohammedanism’, often invoked for particular political ends, amounted to a serious misreading of Muslims in East Africa, with significant long-term effects. As the first in-depth account of the politics of Islam in German East Africa, the book makes an essential...