Power Evangelism in a Protestant Context? Reflections after a Workshop in Samosir/Indonesia
This article discusses how the neo-Pentecostal concept of power evangelism, read from a liberation perspective, might be useful to contextualize evangelism in the Toba Batak region of Samosir. In a situation where evangelistic preaching follows an evangelical forensic paradigm but Christians turn to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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| In: |
International review of mission
Year: 2018, Volume: 107, Issue: 1, Pages: 142-158 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions KBM Asia KDD Protestant Church KDG Free church RH Evangelization; Christian media |
| Further subjects: | B
forensic paradigm of salvation
B POWER EVANGELISM B traditional Batak religion B ancestor spirits B Blessing B power paradigm of salvation B Healing B Contextual evangelism B Syncretism |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | This article discusses how the neo-Pentecostal concept of power evangelism, read from a liberation perspective, might be useful to contextualize evangelism in the Toba Batak region of Samosir. In a situation where evangelistic preaching follows an evangelical forensic paradigm but Christians turn to traditional religious rituals for blessing, healing, and protection, a new approach is needed. Preaching and liturgies informed by a power paradigm might resolve the problem of syncretism, but important theological questions need to be clarified. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6631 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International review of mission
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/irom.12214 |
