Prophecy and Politics in South African Pentecostalism

A Pentecostal Political Theology in Postcolonial Africa
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-49158-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 315 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 533 g

This book is an interdisciplinary study of the relationship between prophecy and politics in South African Pentecostalism. The role and the power of prophecy in enhancing the presence of politicians in the church square are unpacked through historical examples, as well as case studies of contemporary prophets. Solomon Kgatle argues that the influence of prophecy in politics has the potential to weaken the prophetic voice of the church in general and the Pentecostal movement in particular. He proposes a Pentecostal political theology of prophecy. This theology is developed by taking into cognizance the theoretical and theological frameworks of prophetic imagination and pneumatological imagination. In addition, this theology seeks a balance between prophecy and power and prophecy and sovereignty.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Pfingstkirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.- Part 1 Prophecy and Politics in South African Pentecostalism .- 2 Historical dimensions of prophecy and politics in South African Pentecostalism.- 3 The practice of prophecy in contemporary Pentecostalism.- 4 Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and politics.- 5 Other contemporary prophets and politics in South Africa.- 6 Problematising the intersectionality of prophecy and politics in post-colonial Africa.- Part 2 Development of a Pentecostal political theology of prophecy.- 7 Pentecostal prophetic imagination in post-colonial Africa.- 8 Pneumatological imagination: A Pentecostal approach to the political theology of prophecy.- 9 Pentecostal political theology of sovereignty in post-colonial Africa.- 10 Towards a Pentecostal political theology of prophecy in post-colonial Africa.

Über Autor(innen)

Mookgo Solomon Kgatle is a Professor at the Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, University of South Africa, and a National Research Foundation (NRF) Y-Rated researcher (2019-2024) in African Pentecostalism. He has published more than 70 peer-reviewed articles and 6 books in the same field. He is the founding President of the Southern African Society for Pentecostal Studies.