dc.contributor.author |
Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus)
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dc.date.accessioned |
2018-02-27T11:43:19Z |
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dc.date.available |
2018-02-27T11:43:19Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2017 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This research focussed on one of the most important social movements and contextual
challenges in the African context – the explosive growth of the ‘prosperity gospel’
in Africa. It investigated this phenomenon from a missiological and African perspective,
but in close relation to the discourses on decoloniality and decolonialisation,
and asked if the prosperity gospel is a new form of colonialization. The research
attended to the historical roots and theology of the prosperity gospel. It identified the
core issue as one of contextualisation and investigated the prosperity gospel from a
‘glocal’ perspective. This brought the relationship between the prosperity gospel and
globalisation (global) as well as local economic realities into the equation. Conclusions
were made regarding the complex question whether the prosperity gospel can
be regarded as a form of colonialization. The research found that the underlying
epistemology is more oriented towards buttressing the worldview of global capitalism
than deconstructing the political, social, and cultural domination established
by Europeans and their Euro-North American descendants. It also concluded that
the prosperity gospel is a spiritualisation of materiality and celebration of classic
symbols of surplus/excess and consumerism. However, when attention was paid to
local narratives and theologies, it became apparent that some prosperity churches
have a strong focus on local communities and marginalised people and that leaders assisted in liberating empowering of members. The research concluded that this
phenomenon might just lead to a particular form of African Pentecostalism that will,
by itself, deconstruct coloniality and add exciting dimensions to the debate. |
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dc.description.department |
Science of Religion and Missiology |
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dc.description.librarian |
am2018 |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0256-9507&lng=es |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Niemandt, C.J.P. 2017, 'The prosperity gospel the decolonisation of theology, and the abduction of missionary imagination', Missionalia, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 203-219. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0256-9507 |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.7832/45-3-199 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64113 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
University of South Africa, Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology |
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dc.rights |
University of South Africa, Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology |
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dc.subject |
Prosperity gospel |
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dc.subject |
Decoloniality |
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dc.subject |
Decolonialisation |
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dc.subject |
Spiritualisation of materiality |
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dc.title |
The prosperity gospel the decolonisation of theology, and the abduction of missionary imagination |
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dc.type |
Article |
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