Israelite Prophetic Marks among Zimbabwean Men of God
An Evaluation of the Conduct of Selected Zimbabwean Church Leaders in Recent Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11286792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Obvious Vengeyi (1Bamberg University Germany, Email: [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 159-178 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Exchange (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0166-2740 • E-ISSN: 1572-543X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/016627410x12608581119795 |
| OpenAlex | W2154455496 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
What does it mean to be prophetic during political turmoil? Does it mean opposition to the government or opposition to any opposition to the government? This article offers a Biblical theological response to this question as it evaluates the behaviour of the clergymen and church representative bodies in Zimbabwe. Although the immediate context is the violence that engulfed the nation soon after 29 March 2008 election, over the years since 2000, the church has spoken with contradictory voices. There are churches and individual church leaders who openly displayed their allegiance to the government irrespective of all glaring misgivings. On one hand there existed some Christian leaders who opposed whatever the government did, hence they openly clamoured for regime change. While all this was happening, the common man benefitted only confusion as to who really is prophetic, that is who really represents God and the people
Allegiance · Confusion · Government (linguistics · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Theology · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |