In this paper I provide an analysis of how the then-imminent event of the Ghanaian 2016 elections operated within and interrupted a born-again Christian understanding of social and political change. I argue that much can be gained from understanding Pentecostal Christianity in Ghana by paying close attention to how born-again Christians anticipate and participate in shaping the near future. My analysis of this period, just before (and after) the 2016 elections—from the perspective of born-again Christians in Ghana—contributes to an engagement with the immanent and imminent qualities of ethical life. In accounting for the ways in which the Christian “God” and the “nation” overlap or collide in born-again Pentecostal discourse and practice in Ghana, I propose that the precise configuration of how these forces come together and come apart has a force that complicates how we imagine ethics as something explicit in discourse or about the ability to step back in reflection.

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普通伦理及其时代性：基督教神与2016年加纳大选

在本文中，我将对2016年加纳大选即将到来的事件如何在内部重生的基督教徒对社会和政治变革的理解进行运作并打断他们的情况进行分析。我认为，密切关注重生的基督徒如何预见并参与塑造不久的将来，了解加纳的五旬节基督教可以带来很多好处。从加纳出生的基督徒的角度，我对这一时期的分析，就在2016年大选之前（和之后），促进了人们对道德生活内在和内在品质的参与。在解释加纳重生的五旬节教义和实践中基督徒“神”和“民族”如何重叠或碰撞时，