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Author: Bengt Sundkler
Publisher: James Clarke & Co.
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780227172339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReligious and Social Backgrounds of the Zulus -- Rise of the Independent Church Movement -- Government Policy -- Church and Community -- Leader and Follower -- Worship and Healing -- New Wine in Old Wineskins.
Author: Bengt G. M. Sundkler
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-09-03
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0429942532
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginally published in 1948 and then updated in 1961 outlines the religious and social background of the Zulus and discusses the rise of the Independent Church Movement. It examines the organization and inner workings of the different Churches, their forms of worship, and the personalities of their leaders. It also analyses the blend of old and new which appears in Zulu interpretations of some aspects of Christian doctrine.
Author: Bengt Gustaf Malcolm Sundkler
Publisher:
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 381
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ulrich Berner
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9783447050029
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume comprises case studies of five centuries of European encounters with and imaginations of Africa encompassing her triple religious heritage: African Traditional Religions, Christianity and Islam. The introductory chapters outline the challenges and present overviews; some of them also analyze the early accounts of European travelers and missionaries. The following contributions examine the lasting legacy of the European Enlightenment in employing an ambivalent language of human equality and universalism, while in actual fact consigning Africa to an inferior position. It has been difficult for western scholars to divorce themselves wholly from the perceptions thus established. However, there have been quite different approaches. This is indicated in the papers discussing the role and impact of influential European academics (scholars of religion, theologians, historians and social scientists) during the colonial and postcolonial period. Other contributions examine specific institutional centers of African religious studies in Europe. The concluding chapters critically assess European approaches and their use for the study of religion in Africa from an African perspective.
Author: Bengt Gustav Malcolm Sundkler
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 381
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2002-10-02
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780830826889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVeli-Matti Kärkkäinen provides an up-to-date survey and analysis of the major ecclesiological traditions, the most important theologians, and a number of contextual approaches to both the unity and the diversity of ecclesiastic understandings and practices.
Author: Mookgo Solomon Kgatle
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2024-01-29
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 3031491599
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Allan Heaton Anderson
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-02-16
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 3319737309
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is about African Pentecostalism and its relationship to religious beliefs about a pervading spirit world. It argues that Pentecostalism keeps both a continuous and a discontinuous relationship in tension. Based on field research in a South African township, including qualitative interviews and focus group discussions, the study explores the context of African Pentecostalism as a whole and how it interacts with the concepts of ancestors, divination, and various types of spirit. Themes discussed include the reasons for the popularity of healing, exorcism, the “prosperity gospel,” the experience of the Holy Spirit, Spirit manifestations and practices resembling both traditional and biblical precedents, as well as scholarly discussions on African Pentecostalism from theological and social scientific disciplines. The book suggests that the focus on a spirit-filled world affects all kinds of events and explains the rapid growth of Pentecostalism outside the western world.
Author: Adam Ashforth
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2005-01-15
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9780226029733
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLarge numbers of people in Soweto & other parts of South Africa live in fear of witchcraft, presenting complex & unique problems for the government. Adam Ashforth explores the challenge of occult violence & the spiritual insecurity that it engenders to democratic rule in South Africa.
Author: Marja-Liisa Swantz
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780852445600
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