“From Fools for Christ to Fools for Politicians”: A Critique of Zambian Pentecostal Theopolitical Imagination

This study analyzes how Zambian Pentecostals understand the meaning of the Declaration (i.e., a 1991 statement by President Chiluba that Zambia is a Christian nation) in relation to politics. Employing empirical missiological approach, the study demonstrates that Pentecostals hold to two diverging p...

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Published in:International bulletin of mission research
Main Author: Kaunda, Chammah J. 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing [2017]
In: International bulletin of mission research
Further subjects:B Christian nation
B subversive political imagination
B transforming politics from within
B Zambia
B empirical missiological approach
B Zambian Pentecostalism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:This study analyzes how Zambian Pentecostals understand the meaning of the Declaration (i.e., a 1991 statement by President Chiluba that Zambia is a Christian nation) in relation to politics. Employing empirical missiological approach, the study demonstrates that Pentecostals hold to two diverging political perspectives—transforming politics from within and maintaining a subversive political imagination.
ISSN:2396-9407
Contains:Enthalten in: International bulletin of mission research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/2396939317730694