عنوان

Modern Pentecostalism as an Urban Phenomenon:

شماره

LA110348

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Modern Pentecostalism as an Urban Phenomenon:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

The Case of the Family of God Church in Zimbabwe

نام نخستين پديدآور

Lovemore Togarasei

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The past twenty to thirty years in the history of Zimbabwean Christianity have witnessed the emergence of a new breed of Pentecostalism that tends to attract the middle and upper classes urban residents. This paper presentsfindings from a case study of one such movement, the Family of God church. It describes and analyses the origins, growth and development of this church as an urban modern Pentecostal movement. Thefirst section of the paper discusses the origins and development of the church focusing on the life of the founder. The second section focuses on the teaching and practices of the church. The church's doctrines and practices are here analysed tofind out the extent to which these have been influenced by the socio-political and economic challenges in the urban areas. The paper concludes that the modern Pentecostal movement is meant to address urban needs. The past twenty to thirty years in the history of Zimbabwean Christianity have witnessed the emergence of a new breed of Pentecostalism that tends to attract the middle and upper classes urban residents. This paper presentsfindings from a case study of one such movement, the Family of God church. It describes and analyses the origins, growth and development of this church as an urban modern Pentecostal movement. Thefirst section of the paper discusses the origins and development of the church focusing on the life of the founder. The second section focuses on the teaching and practices of the church. The church's doctrines and practices are here analysed tofind out the extent to which these have been influenced by the socio-political and economic challenges in the urban areas. The paper concludes that the modern Pentecostal movement is meant to address urban needs.

تاريخ نشر

2005

توصيف ظاهري

349-375

عنوان

Exchange

شماره جلد

34/4

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1572-543X

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Lovemore Togarasei

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/157254305774851484

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y