In Search of a Better Country: Migration and Prosperity Hermeneutics in Contemporary African Pentecostalism
This article reflects on migration in the prosperity hermeneutics of contemporary Pentecostals. Prosperity, involving human flourishing in both its spiritual and physical senses is a predominant theme in Pentecostal preaching. In most of Africa this theme resonates with the life ambitions of the upw...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
[2018]
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| In: |
PentecoStudies
Year: 2018, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 158-179 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Gospel of prosperity
/ Migration
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| RelBib Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDG Free church KDH Christian sects NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit |
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Spiritual life (Christianity); Pentecostalism
B Mass media in religion B Peer reviewed B Spiritual warfare B Pentecostal churches; Africa B Africa; Emigration and immigration B Hope; Biblical teaching B North and south B Prosperity Theology |