Charismata and compassion : Dhinakaran, Charismatic healing and Pastoral Pentecostalism in South India : a practical theological assessment [PDF]
, 2006 This dissertation is a theological assessment of the Jesus Calls divine healing movement as it developed in South India. It analyses the thought of the founder D. G. S.
Gnanakan, Christopher Guru
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Is Africa Godforsaken? Neo-Pentecostal prophetism on African human agency and transcendence
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2023 African neo-Pentecostal prophets (NPPs) use their prophetic rituals like deliverance services and anointed objects such as anointed oil, to bring God’s presence to people to empower their human agency (power to act) and transcendence (power to overcome). This use of prophetic systems prompts the question: What does the NPPs’ teaching that Africans need
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Hermeneutical practices amongst African Neo- Pentecostal churches in Southern Africa : a critical review [PDF]
, 2022 MTh (Dogmatics), North-West University, Potchefstroom CampusAfrican Pentecostalism is a diverse movement, that has become popular within African Christianity.
Moses, Stezron Brandon-Lee
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Spirit and economy: Pentecostalism and the afterlives of Max Weber [PDF]
, 2012 Includes abstract.Scroll down to electronic link to access the thesis.This thesis investigates the historical intersections between Pentecostalism and Weberian sociology, beginning with the simultaneous publication of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the
Nogueira-Godsey, Trad
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Changing the Narrative Language of Prosperity in Africa
Journal for the Study of Religion, 2021 Pentecostals’ central theme in proclamation and practice since the beginning of their movement is holistic healing and wellbeing, resulting from what they term the “Full Gospel”. At first, it did not include a prosperous lifestyle.
Marius Nel
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On the Potential and Problems of Pentecostal Exchange [PDF]
, 2013 In this article, I draw on ethnography from the Zambian Copperbelt to examine the social productivity of the Pentecostal prosperity gospel, a Christian movement centered on the idea that it is God's will for believers to be wealthy.
Haynes, Naomi, Naomi Haynes
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Going to ‘Pentecost’: how to study Pentecostalism – in Melanesia, for example
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 24, Issue 1, Page 164-180, March 2018., 2018 Abstract In this article, I question regional context as primary context in anthropological analyses. I argue that the idea of historical continuity in a geographical locality/region might prevent us from understanding not only radical change, but also more gradually emerging social patterns that connect the ethnography to very different kinds of ...
Annelin Eriksen
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The role of Brueggemann’s ‘prophetic imagination’ in neo-prophetism and South African politics [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologyThe relationship between Pentecostalism and politics in South Africa has been studied before, including the role of Pentecostal churches and clergy in the fight against apartheid and the advancement of democracy in the democratic dispensation.
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Uncovering Covert Syncretic Holy Water among ANPCs in South Africa
Religions, 2023 In most societies where Christianity is dominant, it has manifested itself in different ways, reflecting its admixture with indigenous religious practices, an admixture commonly seen in most African contexts.
Jonas Thinane
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The Mercurial Characteristics in Kenya’s Afro-Pentecostalism: Exploring some critical Pointers [PDF]
, 2022 In 21st century Africa, the Pentecostalism movement has demonstrated its unique characteristics in contrast to Euro-American Pentecostalism or any other form of Pentecostalism that has been witnessed on the global scene. In this article, I refer to it as
Gathogo, Julius M.
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