N. Wariboko 
The Charismatic City and the Public Resurgence of Religion 
A Pentecostal Social Ethics of Cosmopolitan Urban Life

Two powerful and interrelated transnational cultural expressions mark our epoch, Charismatic spirituality and global city. This book demonstrates how these two forces can be used to inform ethical design of cities and their common social lives to best support human flourishing, spirituality, and social and ecological wellbeing of their residents.

Table of Content

Preface Introduction 1. The Charismatic City: Religious Sense and Sensibility for Future Urban Design 2. The Church: Beginnings and Sources of the Charismatic City 3. The King’s Five Bodies: Pentecostals in the Sacred City and the Logic of Inter-religious Dialogue. 4. Fire from Heave: Pentecostals in the Secular City 5. Forward Space: Architects of the Charismatic City 6. Pentecostals in the Inner City: Religion and POlitics of Friendship 7. The Communion Quotient of Cities 8. Religious Peacebuilding and Economic Justice in the Charismatic City 9. The Charismatic City as the Body of CHrist 10. Summary and Concluding Thoughts Bibliography Acknowledgements

About the author

Nimi Wariboko is the Katherine B. Stuart Professor of Christian Ethics at Andover Newton Theological School. His academic research focuses on economic ethics, continental philosophy, and pentecostal studies. He is the author of The Pentecostal Principle (2012) and God and Money: A Theology of Money in a Globalizing World (2008).