عنوان

Israelite Prophetic Marks among Zimbabwean Men of God:

شماره

LA110523

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Israelite Prophetic Marks among Zimbabwean Men of God:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

An Evaluation of the Conduct of Selected Zimbabwean Church Leaders in Recent Politics

نام نخستين پديدآور

Obvious Vengeyi

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

What does it mean to be prophetic during political turmoil? Does it mean opposition to the government or opposition to any opposition to the government? This article offers a Biblical theological response to this question as it evaluates the behaviour of the clergymen and church representative bodies in Zimbabwe. Although the immediate context is the violence that engulfed the nation soon after 29 March 2008 election, over the years since 2000, the church has spoken with contradictory voices. There are churches and individual church leaders who openly displayed their allegiance to the government irrespective of all glaring misgivings. On one hand there existed some Christian leaders who opposed whatever the government did, hence they openly clamoured for regime change. While all this was happening, the common man benefitted only confusion as to who really is prophetic, that is who really represents God and the people. What does it mean to be prophetic during political turmoil? Does it mean opposition to the government or opposition to any opposition to the government? This article offers a Biblical theological response to this question as it evaluates the behaviour of the clergymen and church representative bodies in Zimbabwe. Although the immediate context is the violence that engulfed the nation soon after 29 March 2008 election, over the years since 2000, the church has spoken with contradictory voices. There are churches and individual church leaders who openly displayed their allegiance to the government irrespective of all glaring misgivings. On one hand there existed some Christian leaders who opposed whatever the government did, hence they openly clamoured for regime change. While all this was happening, the common man benefitted only confusion as to who really is prophetic, that is who really represents God and the people.

تاريخ نشر

2010

توصيف ظاهري

159-178

عنوان

Exchange

شماره جلد

39/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1572-543X

اصطلاح موضوعی

Biblical prophets

اصطلاح موضوعی

church and politics

اصطلاح موضوعی

democracy

اصطلاح موضوعی

pastors

اصطلاح موضوعی

Zimbabwe

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Obvious Vengeyi

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/016627410X12608581119795

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y