عنوان

The civil war revival and its Pentecostal progeny :

شماره

TLets530575

عنوان اصلي

The civil war revival and its Pentecostal progeny :

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Burgess, Richard Hugh

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

a religious movement among the Igbo people of eastern Nigeria

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Birmingham

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2004

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

University of Birmingham

امتياز متن

2004

متن يادداشت

This thesis is a study of a Christian movement among the Igbo people of Eastern Nigeria from its origins in the Civil War Revival (1967-73) to the present. It argues that the success of the revival depended upon a balance between supply and demand. Colonial legacies, Western missionary endeavours, decolonisation, and civil war not only created new religious demands, they contributed to the formation of a missionary fellowship, able to exploit the disorder of Igbo society and the failure of existing religious options to fulfil traditional aspirations. The thesis shows that during its formative period the revival's Pentecostal progeny also benefited from this missionary impulse, and the flexibility of Pentecostal spirituality, which enabled it to adapt to meet consumer demands. It examines the way the movement has evolved since the 1970s, and argues that the decline of its missionary impulse, combined with a paradigm shift from holiness to prosperity teaching, and a propensity to schism, have imposed limitations on its potential as an agent of transformation. Finally, it shows that during the 1990s, a further shift has occurred towards a theology of socio-political engagement, and examines the implications of this for the movement's identity and influence in a pluralistic society.

موضوع مستند نشده

BX Christian Denominations

موضوع مستند نشده

DT Africa

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Burgess, Richard Hugh

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

University of Birmingham

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y