Abstract:
The quest for accountability in Christian theology is both immediate and ultimate. This,
thus, suggests that individuals and groups within spiritual and secular spaces subscribe to
some form of immediate and ultimate probity and accountability assessment. Given this, it
would be argued that accountability has eschatological implications on neo-African
Pentecostalism – the thrust of this study. Through the gristmill of eschato-praxis – a theory
and belief that paradisiac bliss can be enjoyed on earth by Christians as a foretaste of its full
and eternal enjoyment in heaven, a practice that has suffused neo-African Pentecostalism,
which is largely manifest in luxury and quest for materiality – it would be argued why and
how accountability must be countenanced into the practice of the neo-African Pentecostals,
also as a foretaste of the ultimate demand and event. This study utilises descriptive and
theological approaches to eschato-praxis and accountability within the neo-African
Pentecostal movement.
Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article is interdisciplinary in
that it presents an ethical perspective in terms of accountability with respect to the African
Pentecostalism through the gristmill of eschato-praxis theory which is situated within the
New Testament studies. This study argues that accountability and probity have eschatological
implications on African Pentecostalism.
