RT Article
T1 Prophecy, Divination and Gender Justice in the Lumpa Church in Zambia
JF Feminist theology
VO 27
IS 1
SP 75
OP 92
A1 Kangwa, Jonathan
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1662944489
AB This article examines the role of Prophecy and divination in the success of the Lumpa Church of Alice Mulenga Lenshina in Zambia. Concurring with James Amanze (2013), the article argues that the rapid growth of Christianity in Africa is to a large extent due to its engagement with prophecy and divination. Strong growth in African Christianity takes place mainly in the African Initiated Churches (AICs) which are Pentecostal-charismatic in their outlook. In these Churches the emphasis is on the prophetic ministry of the Church, evident in the performance of divination, healing and in predictions of the future. A good example is the Lumpa Church of Lenshina. Taking this Church as a case study, the article argues that Lenshina's success and that of her Church are based on the fact that divination, prophecy and a search for gender justice were taken seriously.
K1 African Initiated Churches
K1 Divination
K1 Lenshina
K1 Lumpa Church
K1 gender justice and imagination
K1 Healing
K1 Prophecy
DO 10.1177/0966735018794485