New African initiated Pentecostalism and Charismatics in South Africa
The new Pentecostal churches in South Africa, while not as numerically significant as those elsewhere in Africa, follow similar patterns. Tracing the rise of white megachurches in the 1980s and the subsequent emergence of black Charismatic churches similar to those found elsewhere in Africa, this ar...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2005
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2005, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 66-92 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Independant church
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDG Free church NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit |
| Further subjects: | B
Church
B Independant church B Africa B Religion B Pentecostal churches B Religious organization |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The new Pentecostal churches in South Africa, while not as numerically significant as those elsewhere in Africa, follow similar patterns. Tracing the rise of white megachurches in the 1980s and the subsequent emergence of black Charismatic churches similar to those found elsewhere in Africa, this article outlines their ambivalent relationship with the apartheid regime and the increasing disillusionment of black Pentecostals in the run-up to the 1994 elections. It traces the roles of Pentecostal and Charismatic leaders in the new South Africa and the impact of African Charismatic preachers from elsewhere, pilgrimages to other Pentecostal centres and other factors of globalization. (...) (J Relig Afr/DÜI) |
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| ISSN: | 0022-4200 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of religion in Africa
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