Doing Pentecostal Civic Engagement in the Squatter Area of Lower Rock Quarry, Baguio City, Philippines
Pentecostals are frequently placed on the sidelines of civic engagement, seen as participating less in public life because of their preoccupation with other-worldly eschatology and their one-way-ticket evangelistic efforts. This study does not share the above view, but argues that Pentecostal civic...
| Published in: | International review of mission |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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International review of mission
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KBM Asia KDG Free church NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Common Good
B Public Sphere B Pentecostalism B Poverty B Civic Engagement |
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| Summary: | Pentecostals are frequently placed on the sidelines of civic engagement, seen as participating less in public life because of their preoccupation with other-worldly eschatology and their one-way-ticket evangelistic efforts. This study does not share the above view, but argues that Pentecostal civic engagement has been increasingly recognized as resource capital that empowers the lives of the poor. This paper investigates the impact of Pentecostal/charismatic religion on civil society, asking what contribution the study of spirit empowered religion can make to our understanding of the role of religion in human society. Using a quantitative and qualitative approach to flesh out empirical evidence, this study reveals what Filipino Pentecostals believe and practise with regard to civic engagement. It provides a case study of findings to further point out that Pentecostals in the Philippines are not on the sidelines of civic engagement, but are one of the religious players in the creation of a just and loving society. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6631 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International review of mission
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/irom.12215 |