عنوان

Stretching the Definitions? Pneumatology and Syncretism in African Pentecostalism

Number

LA123005

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Stretching the Definitions? Pneumatology and Syncretism in African Pentecostalism

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Allan Anderson

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

Some observers regard as 'syncretistic' many forms of African Pentecostalism that have developed a pneumatology with a presumed link to the pre-Christian past, and will also deny the term 'Pentecostal' to these groups. This does not fully recognise the parallels between biblical pneumatology and the holistic African worldview, and the significant contribution that African Pentecostalism makes to a dynamic understanding of pneumatology. This encounter between African religions and biblical pneumatology reflects a genuine desire to make the doctrine of the Spirit relevant in an African context. This is supported by biblical texts, where such a 'dynamic pneumatology' is assumed. Some observers regard as 'syncretistic' many forms of African Pentecostalism that have developed a pneumatology with a presumed link to the pre-Christian past, and will also deny the term 'Pentecostal' to these groups. This does not fully recognise the parallels between biblical pneumatology and the holistic African worldview, and the significant contribution that African Pentecostalism makes to a dynamic understanding of pneumatology. This encounter between African religions and biblical pneumatology reflects a genuine desire to make the doctrine of the Spirit relevant in an African context. This is supported by biblical texts, where such a 'dynamic pneumatology' is assumed.

Date of Publication

2001

Physical description

98-119

Title

Journal of Pentecostal Theology

Volume Number

10/1

International Standard Serial Number

1745-5251

Allan Anderson

Call Number

10.1177/096673690101000106

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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