Changing the Narrative Language of Prosperity in Africa: A Pentecostal Hermeneutical Challenge
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. However, a new emphasis on prosperity since the 1980s...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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ASRSA
2021
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-23 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Neocharismatische Bewegung
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Gospel of prosperity
/ Hermeneutics
/ History 1970-2021
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDG Free church NBK Soteriology VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
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E.W. Kenyon
B Prosperity teaching B Neo-pentecostalism B pentecostal hermeneutics B African independent church movement |
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| Summary: | 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. However, a new emphasis on prosperity since the 1980s characterized a part of the African independent church movement with affinities to Pentecostal worship practices, designated as the Neo-Pentecostal movement. The research question for this article is why the narrative language of prosperity within the Pentecostal context changed in Africa and how the damages that it caused can be reversed, and the answer is found in hermeneutical challenges and solutions. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2021/v34n2a1 |