عنوان

Pentecostalism in Africa and the Changing Face of Christian Mission

شماره

LA120702

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Pentecostalism in Africa and the Changing Face of Christian Mission

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Third World Christianity has been experiencing exponential growth since the turn of the twentieth century. Nowhere is this renewal in Christianity more visible than Africa, where religious innovations led by indigenous Christians have mostly been Pentecostal in character. The Pentecostal movements leading the current renewal of Christianity in African countries like Ghana are autonomous, independent of both the established historic mission denominations and the older classical Pentecostal churches like the Assemblies of God. Ghanaian Pentecostalism in its various streams has adapted the global Pentecostal culture to suit the needs of the local context in ways that have changed the nature and direction of Christian mission. The traditional themes of healing, deliverance, prosperity and empowerment associated with the global Pentecostal movement have been synthesized with traditional worldviews, giving Pentecostal Christianity an added relevance in African context. This has yielded massive responses. In Pentecostal movements under discussion, therefore, one finds the ingenious ability of indigenous Christians to appropriate a phenomenon of global significance for local consumption. Third World Christianity has been experiencing exponential growth since the turn of the twentieth century. Nowhere is this renewal in Christianity more visible than Africa, where religious innovations led by indigenous Christians have mostly been Pentecostal in character. The Pentecostal movements leading the current renewal of Christianity in African countries like Ghana are autonomous, independent of both the established historic mission denominations and the older classical Pentecostal churches like the Assemblies of God. Ghanaian Pentecostalism in its various streams has adapted the global Pentecostal culture to suit the needs of the local context in ways that have changed the nature and direction of Christian mission. The traditional themes of healing, deliverance, prosperity and empowerment associated with the global Pentecostal movement have been synthesized with traditional worldviews, giving Pentecostal Christianity an added relevance in African context. This has yielded massive responses. In Pentecostal movements under discussion, therefore, one finds the ingenious ability of indigenous Christians to appropriate a phenomenon of global significance for local consumption.

تاريخ نشر

2002

توصيف ظاهري

14-38

عنوان

Mission Studies

شماره جلد

19/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1573-3831

اصطلاح موضوعی

General

اصطلاح موضوعی

History of Religion

اصطلاح موضوعی

Religion & Society

اصطلاح موضوعی

Religious Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Social Sciences

اصطلاح موضوعی

Theology and World Christianity

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/157338302X00161

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y