The Primal Pentecostal Imagination
Variants, origins and importance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3036103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Gifford (Universidad de Londres, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 44-52 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Suomen Antropologi Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0355-3930 • E-ISSN: 1799-8972 |
| Publisher | Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.30676/jfas.116520 |
| OpenAlex | W4302048023 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper addresses the religious world-view that is characteristic of a great many of the Pentecostal Churches currently flourishing in Africa. In the opinionof the author, this world-view, which sees spiritual forces active in everyday events, is the greatest single reason for their success. This world-view comes in different but related forms, and three different forms currently found in Kenya are outlined here. These forms have obvious links to local religious thinking, but are also dependent for their expression on certain Western thinking. Finally it is claimed that this world-view, though in most studies of Pentecostalism virtually ignored, has important socio-political effects and merits serious discussion. Keywords: Pentecostalism, Africa, world-view, socio-political effects
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Flourishing · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · World view · Christian Theology and Mission · Computer Science · Law · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |