Do Mark 7

1–23 And Matthew 15:1–20 condone the unusual practices of New Prophetic Pentecostal Churches

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12856490
AutoresVuyisile Qiki (0000-0002-8685-0780, University of the Humanities, autor de correspondencia), Llewellyn Howes (0000-0001-7759-8088, University of Johannesburg)
Año2021
Volumen42
Número1
Fecha de publicación2021-07-30
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaVerbum et Ecclesia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1609-9982 • E-ISSN: 2074-7705
EditorialAOSIS (PUBLISHER • ZA)
DOI10.4102/ve.v42i1.2254
OpenAlexW3192618701
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas8

The leaders of certain New Prophetic Pentecostal Churches (NPPCs) perform rituals that are very unusual when compared with traditional church rituals and practices. These practices include eating grass, rats or snakes, drinking petrol and spraying Doom on people so that they would be healed and be closer to God. The trend to perform these unusual rituals has spread throughout South Africa. Leaders from NPPCs often quote Mark 7:14–19 and Matthew 15:10–11, 16–18 to justify their actions. In this study, these parallel texts will be considered in their literary and socio-cultural contexts to determine whether or not they can be taken to condone the activities of these church leaders. Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The study will find that Mark 7:14–19 and Matthew 15:10–11, 16–18 either condone or do not condone the unusual activities of NPPCs and their leaders. Either way, the findings will be relevant for New Testament studies, practical theology, religion studies and systematic theology

Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · New Testament · Sociology · Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies