Abusa Chimwala’s exorcism: Demons, Barth, and the Church of Central Africa (Presbyterian)
This paper relates Karl Barth’s demonology to an exorcism performed by a minister of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. Despite receiving a theological education in the Reformed tradition, the minister had not formally studied demonology from a Reformed perspective. Karl Barth, a Swiss Refor...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Stellenbosch University
[2019]
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Stellenbosch theological journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 229–244 |
IxTheo Classification: | KBC Switzerland KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NBH Angelology; demonology |
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Summary: | This paper relates Karl Barth’s demonology to an exorcism performed by a minister of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. Despite receiving a theological education in the Reformed tradition, the minister had not formally studied demonology from a Reformed perspective. Karl Barth, a Swiss Reformed theologian, illuminates what it was that the minister encountered and how this exorcism can be understood within a broader Christian cosmology. In addition, Barth’s nuanced theological approach helps the minister to chart a path forward so the possessed young woman can experience freedom and life in all of its fullness. |
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ISSN: | 2413-9467 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Stellenbosch theological journal
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17570/stj.2019.v5n3.a11 |