African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development: Sustainable Development in Pentecostal and Independent Churches

ISBN-13: 9781032175799 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 356 str.

Philipp ?hlmann; Wilhelm Gr?b; Marie-Luise Frost

Opis

This book investigates the substantial and growing contribution which African Independent and Pentecostal Churches are making to sustainable development in all its manifold forms.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: African Initiated Christianity and Sustainable Development  Part I: Overarching Perspectives  2. Spirit and Empowerment: The African Initiated Church Movement and Development  3. The Challenge of Environment and Climate Justice – Imperatives of an Eco-Theological Reformation of Christianity in African Contexts  4. African Initiated Churches and Development from Below: Subjecting a Thesis to Closer Scrutiny  5. Distinguished Church Leader Essay: Theology in African Initiated Churches: Reflections from an East African Perspective  Part II: Nigerian Perspectives  6. Distinguished Church Leader Essay: Roles of Women in African Independent and Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria  7. "A Starving Man Cannot Shout Halleluyah": African Pentecostal Churches and the Challenge of Promoting Sustainable Development  8. Approaches to Transformation and Development: The Case of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Nigeria  9. The Role of Pentecostalism in Sustainable Development in South West Nigeria  10. Aladura Churches as Agents of Social Transformation in South-West Nigeria  11. Distinguished Church Leader Essay: Aladura Theology: The Case of the Church of the Lord (Prayer Fellowship) Worldwide  Part III: Ghanaian Perspectives  12. Distinguished Church Leader Essay: The Church of Pentecost and its Role in Ghanaian Society  13. An Evaluation of Pentecostal Churches as Agents of Sustainable Development in Africa: A Case of the Church of Pentecost  14. Pentecostalism and Sustainable Development: The Case of Perez Chapel International Sylvia  15. Distinguished Church Leader Essay: Healing a Strained Relationship between African Independent Churches and Western Mission-founded Churches in Ghana (1967–2017): The Role of Good News Theological Seminary, Accra,  Part IV: Perspectives from Burkina Faso  16. Distinguished Church Leader Essay: Partnerships for Female Education in Burkina Faso: Perspectives from Evangelical Churches and FBOs  17. Investing in the Future Generation: New Pentecostal Charismatic Churches in Urban Zimbabwe  Part V: Zimbabwean Perspectives  18. Investing in the Future Generation: New Pentecostal Charismatic Churches in Urban Zimbabwe  19. Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity and the Management of Precarity in Post-Colonial Zimbabwe  Part VI: South African Perspectives  20. Distinguished Church Leader Essay: Cross-Cultural Development in South Africa: A Perspective from Below  21. Contested Development(s)? The Possible Contribution of the African Independent Churches in Decolonising Development. A South African Perspective

O autorze

Philipp Öhlmann is Head of the Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Research Associate, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Wilhelm Gräb is Head of the Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Extraordinary Professor, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Marie-Luise Frost is a Researcher, Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Research Associate, University of Pretoria, South Africa.