RT Article
T1 The Impact of Culture and Social Justice on Christian Formation in Pentecostalism
JF Journal of pentecostal theology
VO 24
IS 2
SP 201
OP 216
A1 Vondey, Wolfgang 1967-
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1561974595
AB The essay contrasts two distinct ways of Pentecostal formation: (1) social activism and (2) social passivism. The former identifies Christian formation as participation and leadership in the struggle against poverty, deprivation, and oppression; the latter withdraws into a sectarian mindset of individualism, self-improvement, and triumphalism. A focus on Asia, Africa, Latin America, and North America brings the two accounts into dialogue on the identity of contemporary Pentecostal formation. The results suggest that Christian formation among Pentecostals is confronted with significant diversity influenced by cultural and socioeconomic factors. Johns’ classic study of Pentecostal formation and its emphasis on conscientization leading to redemptive participation in the struggle among the oppressed demands further attention. This essay shows that conscientization among Pentecostals is not only a psychological and sociocritical form of assessment but a personal and communal coming to consciousness subject to long-term cultural influences and sociohistorical developments.
K1 Christian formation : culture : social justice : activism : triumphalism : prosperity gospel : global pentecostalism
DO 10.1163/17455251-02402007