عنوان

African Traditional Religion and Pentecostal Churches in Lusaka, Zambia:

شماره

LA123231

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

African Traditional Religion and Pentecostal Churches in Lusaka, Zambia:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

An Assessment

نام نخستين پديدآور

Jerry M. Ireland

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This study seeks to discover how African Traditional Religion (ATR) is viewed by Pentecostal church leaders in Lusaka, Zambia. The convenience sample focused on fourteen Pentecostal churches of various denominational affiliations within the city of Lusaka, Zambia. A thirty-one-item survey tool, the Assessment of Traditional Religious Practices (ATRP), was developed and administered to 128 leaders regarding the prevalence of traditional religious practices among their congregants. The ATRP also assessed how these leaders typically respond to concerns related to ATR within their ministerial context. Findings indicated that traditional beliefs and practices continue to persist, though at nominal levels, within these churches. More importantly, a majority of these leaders feel adequately equipped to handle issues related to ATR because they understand their ministerial calling in terms of spiritual empowerment. The study concludes that the challenges presented by ATR regarding Christian discipleship continue to persist in local Pentecostal churches. However, leaders have employed a practical theological understanding of Pentecostalism, allowing them to overcome many of these same challenges. This study seeks to discover how African Traditional Religion (ATR) is viewed by Pentecostal church leaders in Lusaka, Zambia. The convenience sample focused on fourteen Pentecostal churches of various denominational affiliations within the city of Lusaka, Zambia. A thirty-one-item survey tool, the Assessment of Traditional Religious Practices (ATRP), was developed and administered to 128 leaders regarding the prevalence of traditional religious practices among their congregants. The ATRP also assessed how these leaders typically respond to concerns related to ATR within their ministerial context. Findings indicated that traditional beliefs and practices continue to persist, though at nominal levels, within these churches. More importantly, a majority of these leaders feel adequately equipped to handle issues related to ATR because they understand their ministerial calling in terms of spiritual empowerment. The study concludes that the challenges presented by ATR regarding Christian discipleship continue to persist in local Pentecostal churches. However, leaders have employed a practical theological understanding of Pentecostalism, allowing them to overcome many of these same challenges.

تاريخ نشر

2012

توصيف ظاهري

260-277

عنوان

Journal of Pentecostal Theology

شماره جلد

21/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1745-5251

اصطلاح موضوعی

African Traditional Religion

اصطلاح موضوعی

animism

اصطلاح موضوعی

conversion

اصطلاح موضوعی

missiology

اصطلاح موضوعی

missions

اصطلاح موضوعی

Pentecostal theology

اصطلاح موضوعی

Zambia

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jerry M. Ireland

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/17455251-02102006

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y