Peculiarities in the Pentecostal tradition: Disciplinal and decolonial perspectives in a South African context

Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon

doi:10.4102/ve.v43i1.2519

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“…In addition to India on this list, Smith (2010:1) also adds Chile to point out that it is to some extent questionable to consider the Azuza experience as the sole source of modern Pentecostalism. Kgatle (2022) follows Miller and Yamamori (2007:25ff. ) and identifies five types of Pentecostalism.…”

Section: Uncovering and Examining The Sine Qua Non Of Pentecostal Bel...mentioning

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Reverend Frank Chikane as a catalyst for shifts in Pentecostal beliefs and practices

Masuku

2024

Verbum Eccles.

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Reverend Frank Chikane represented shifts in Pentecostal beliefs and practices. He found it difficult to accept Christians who spoke in tongues on Sundays but oppressed others on Mondays. He found this hypocrisy to be the worst contradiction he had to contend with. He recognised the separation of spiritual, physical and social. He divided the church’s service to the world into three categories. The first is the ‘status quo’, that is the church, which ensures stability as long as the political system gives it space to proclaim the gospel. He called the second category ‘passage theology’. This refers to those who see themselves as passers-by in this troubled world, and therefore do not care about the politics of this world. The third category is the ‘involvement’ category. Of these three categories, Chikane chose the third. Based on the category of involvement, the author argues that Chikane is the epitome of shifts in Pentecostal beliefs and practices. To this end, the author will uncover and examine the core beliefs and practices of Pentecostalism, setting out the factors that gave rise to Chikane and also highlighting those that mark shifts in his spiritual agency. In the end, the author concludes that Chikane is indeed a catalyst for shifts in the practice of the African Pentecostal tradition today. The pattern of methodological approach followed in this article is the study of synthesised literature from libraries, particularly the sources that assisted me to gain insight into Chikane.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article argues that Rev. Frank Chikane, through his ministry praxis, epitomises shifts in Pentecostal beliefs and practices. Although it is located in the field of missiology, it also has interdisciplinary implications for disciplines such as sociology, practical theology, and church history.

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Section: Uncovering and Examining The Sine Qua Non Of Pentecostal Bel...mentioning

confidence: 96%

Reverend Frank Chikane as a catalyst for shifts in Pentecostal beliefs and practices

Masuku

2024

Verbum Eccles.

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“…The next section discusses the contextual understanding of prophetic witness in South Africa historically and the modes of prophetic witness in a democratic South Africa. It has to be noted that the notion of "prophetic" in this article differs from that of Pentecostalism, which puts an emphasis on the work of the Holy Spirit, especially with regard to divine healing and miracles as it is not the focus of this study (Kgatle 2022).…”

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Prophetic Witness in Cyberspace during Pandemics

Mokoena

2022

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Prophetic witness has been around since Biblical times, when prophets spoke truth to power on behalf of God. In the South African context, prophetic witness saw the church speaking out against the injustices of colonialism and apartheid using various forms of protest. In post-1994 democratic South Africa, prophetic witness had to be reimagined in the public square, a process which appropriated various modes of prophetic witness. Cyberspace encompasses information technologies which manifest into a “virtual” world, and social media is one of the platforms of cyberspace. Theological and religious scholars have argued that the Internet is an essential space for religion, and this article further argues that cyberspace can also be regarded as a public space for prophetic witness. The role of social media users during pandemics, such as COVID-19, has the implications of spreading information, misinformation, and misconceptions at a rapid pace. Many churches used the virtual space to provide spiritual and emotional support during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article argues that the church also has a prophetic role to play, especially in the social media space, regarding the dissemination of information during a pandemic. Therefore, the main task of this article is to utilise Nico Koopman’s five modes of prophetic witness, namely visionary, critics, storytellers, technical analysts, and policymakers in cyberspace in the recent COVID-19 pandemic and future pandemics. Keywords: Prophetic witness, Prophetic theology, Cyberspace, COVID-19, Internet, Infodemic, Social media

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“…It is this quest for the miraculous, that has caused some of these churches to be involved in one controversy after the other (Banda 2020b;2021). Some of the neo-Pentecostal churches in Africa have direct links with the faith movement of Kenneth Hagin, and therefore emphasise the gospel of prosperity (Kgatle 2022). Some of the neo-Pentecostal churches do believe in the use of healing products, such as water, and oil, particularly the New Prophetic Churches.…”

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Pentecostal theology regarding disability in African neo-Pentecostalism

Kgatle

2024

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The Pentecostal approach to disability is currently informed by the imposed healing, deliverance, and performance of other miracles, particularly among neo-Pentecostals in Africa. This is also informed by the neo-Pentecostal pastor’s radical approach to the aspect of healing in Pentecostal theology. Therefore, instead of addressing disability from the point of environmental, social, and technological aspects, neo-Pentecostal pastors either impose healing on the disabled body, or blame them for a lack of faith. This in a way presents some power dynamics between the abled neo-Pentecostal pastors’ bodies and the disabled congregant bodies. This article uses a critical theory, to argue that the development of the Pentecostal theology of disability should take cognisance of the environmental, social, and technological factors. When this is done, a Pentecostal setting in the form of a church service, crusade, or revival will not become a place of imposed healing and deliverance, but an environmentally, socially, and technologically friendly one, that is conducive to those living with a disability.Contribution: This article highlighted the importance of the environmental, social, and technological factors in the construction of a Pentecostal theology of disability among the neo-Pentecostal churches, in an African context.

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Peculiarities in the Pentecostal tradition: Disciplinal and decolonial perspectives in a South African context

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Reverend Frank Chikane as a catalyst for shifts in Pentecostal beliefs and practices

Reverend Frank Chikane as a catalyst for shifts in Pentecostal beliefs and practices

Prophetic Witness in Cyberspace during Pandemics

Pentecostal theology regarding disability in African neo-Pentecostalism

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