Pneumatological Challenges to Postcolonial Lutheran Mission in the Tswana Context
This article analyses pneumatological thinking as it appears in postcolonial mission in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana (elcb), thereby engaging with challenges being posed by the new Pentecostal Churches and African Independent Churches in the region.1 These “spiritual churches” are att...
| Published in: | Mission studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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| In: |
Mission studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Botswana
/ Independant church
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Pneumatology
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDD Protestant Church KDG Free church NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit |
| Further subjects: | B
African Theology
pneumatology
contextual epistemology
African Lutheranism
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This article analyses pneumatological thinking as it appears in postcolonial mission in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana (elcb), thereby engaging with challenges being posed by the new Pentecostal Churches and African Independent Churches in the region.1 These “spiritual churches” are attracting increasing numbers of worshippers with the result that the Lutheran Church is currently facing the dual challenge of both the new phenomenon and the historical colonial heritage of the missionary era. Pneumatological thinking in the elcb is examined from an epistemic point of view, and the difficulties and strengths in both the postcolonial Lutheran mission and the new religiosity are evaluated. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Contains: | In: Mission studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341414 |