Pentecostal theology regarding disability in African neo-Pentecostalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21609574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mookgo Solomon Kgatle (0000-0002-9556-6597, University of South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1018-6441 • E-ISSN: 2305-0853 |
| Publisher | AOSIS (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.4102/ids.v58i1.3004 |
| OpenAlex | W4391041978 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
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
Blame · Environmental ethics · Faith · Sociology · Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · Gender Studies · History · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology
Blessed
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Crippling Christian Theology as I Power My Wheelchair Out the Door
Christ is the Answer
The spectacular and the spirits
Of faith and visual alertness
Delivered from the powers of darkness
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |