RT Article
T1 Changing the Narrative Language of Prosperity in Africa: A Pentecostal Hermeneutical Challenge
JF Journal for the study of religion
VO 34
IS 2
SP 1
OP 23
A1 Nel, Marius
LA English
PB ASRSA
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1807089320
AB Pentecostals' central theme in proclamation and practice since the beginning of their movement is holistic healing and wellbeing, resulting from what they term the "Full Gospel". At first, it did not include a prosperous lifestyle. However, a new emphasis on prosperity since the 1980s characterized a part of the African independent church movement with affinities to Pentecostal worship practices, designated as the Neo-Pentecostal movement. The research question for this article is why the narrative language of prosperity within the Pentecostal context changed in Africa and how the damages that it caused can be reversed, and the answer is found in hermeneutical challenges and solutions.
K1 African independent church movement
K1 E.W. Kenyon
K1 Neo-pentecostalism
K1 pentecostal hermeneutics
K1 Prosperity teaching
DO 10.17159/2413-3027/2021/v34n2a1