Pentecostalism and Cultism in South Africa
Pentecostalism and Cultism in South Africa

Author: Mookgo Solomon Kgatle

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-02-28

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 303069724X

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Pentecostalism is a growing movement in world Christianity. However, the growth of Pentecostalism in South Africa has faced some challenges, including the abuse of religion by some prophets. This book first names these prophets and the churches they lead in South Africa, and then makes use of literary and media analysis to analyse the religious practices by the prophets in relation to cultism. Additionally, the book analyses the “celebrity cult” and how it helps promote the prophets in South Africa. The purpose of this book is threefold: First, to draw parallels between the abuse of religion and cultism. Second, to illustrate that it is cultic tendencies, including the celebrity cult, that has given rise to many prophets in South Africa. Last, to showcase that the challenge for many of these prophets is that the Pentecostal tradition is actually anti-cultism, and thus there is a need for them to rethink their cultic tendencies in order for them to be truly relevant in a South African context.

T&T Clark Handbook of Pneumatology
T&T Clark Handbook of Pneumatology

Author: Daniel Castelo

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-09-17

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 0567667405

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This handbook provides an interdisciplinary and diverse reference work to the Holy Spirit. Daniel Castelo and Kenneth M. Loyer gathered together a wide range of voices that are religiously, geographically, and ethnically diverse, bringing theology into conversation with biblical studies, ethics and morality, and global Christian studies. The T&T Clark Handbook of Pneumatology examines the Holy Spirit in a variety of sources, such as the Synoptic Gospels, the Catholic Epistles, the Old Testament, and the Hebrew Scriptures. It also includes chapters on key concepts in the field, such as mediation and sacramentality, ecology, and creation. This broad scope enables readers to appreciate how nuanced the field of Pneumatology is, and how it can be relevant for other Christian discourses.

Who is the Holy Ghost?
Who is the Holy Ghost?

Author: Ray H. Hughes

Publisher: Path Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780871489258

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The purpose of this book is to create a deeper hunger for understanding the person, work, and ministry of the Holy Ghost -- especially as it relates to the in gathering of the end-time harvest.

Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 1
Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 1

Author: Ronald J. Allen

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2022-06-08

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1725259605

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Preaching the Manifold Grace of God is a two-volume work describing theologies of preaching from the historical and contemporary periods. Volume 1 focuses on historical theological families: Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anabaptist, Anglican/Episcopal, Wesleyan, Baptist, African American, Stone-Campbell, Friends, and Pentecostal. Volume 2 focuses on families that are evangelical, liberal, neo-orthodox, postliberal, existential, radical orthodox, deconstructionist, Black liberation, womanist, Latinx liberation, Mujerista, Asian American, Asian American feminist, LGBTQAI, Indigenous, postcolonial, and process. In each case, the author describes the circumstances in which the theological family emerged and describes the purposes and characteristics of preaching from that perspective.