Examining pastor-prophet authority in neo-Pentecostal deliverance practices in Ghana
A popular and growing feature of contemporary neo-Pentecostal Christianity in Ghana are regular deliverance practices in search for solutions to diverse forms of existential predicaments, known in Pentecostal diction as afflictions. Pastor-prophets have become very popular for these practices with t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Journal of Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity
Year: 2024, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 155–175 |
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Deliverance practices
B Neo-pentecostalism B deliverance seekers B pastor-prophet authority B charismatic authority |
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| Summary: | A popular and growing feature of contemporary neo-Pentecostal Christianity in Ghana are regular deliverance practices in search for solutions to diverse forms of existential predicaments, known in Pentecostal diction as afflictions. Pastor-prophets have become very popular for these practices with thousands of deliverance seekers attending one deliverance service or the other in search for solutions that these pastor-prophets proffer. Using ethnographic semi-structured interviews, this article examines the phenomenon of deliverance practices within neo-Pentecostalism in Ghana, and particularly focuses on the authority of pastor-prophets around which the activities of deliverance evolve. Findings indicate that supernatural authority and attaining of breakthroughs over life’s predicaments, become the barometer and legitimacy for the authority of pastor-prophets. |
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| ISSN: | 2769-1624 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/27691616.2023.2279713 |