Spirit and Power: Charismatic Personality and the Symbolism of the Eagle in Contemporary African Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity
Contemporary Pentecostal/charismatic Christianity in Africa has adopted new and innovative symbols that fits its theology of prosperity, empowerment, and upward mobility. This article focuses on one of them: the eagle. The features and behavior patterns of the eagle help contemporary Pentecostals to...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Equinox Publ.
2022
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PentecoStudies
Jahr: 2022, Band: 21, Heft: 2, Seiten: 144-165 |
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Charismatic
B Symbol B Africa B Mass Media B Prosperity B Pentecostal B Eagle B Power B Empowerment |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Contemporary Pentecostal/charismatic Christianity in Africa has adopted new and innovative symbols that fits its theology of prosperity, empowerment, and upward mobility. This article focuses on one of them: the eagle. The features and behavior patterns of the eagle help contemporary Pentecostals to use its symbolic features in articulating a pneumatology of upward mobility, elevation, success and prosperity. The pneumatology of the eagle is a global contemporary Pentecostal phenomenon. In this pneumatology, the eagle, with its powers of vision, longevity, strength, height and renewal, appears in contemporary Pentecostal prosperity discourses as a symbol of aspiration, which appeals very strongly to the sensibilities of upwardly mobile young people who tenaciously embrace the new charismatic fervour. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-7691 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: PentecoStudies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/pent.26062 |