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Development cooperation and Neo-Pentecostal churches – A decolonial perspective

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العنوان: Development cooperation and Neo-Pentecostal churches – A decolonial perspective
المؤلفون: Mangaliso M. Matshobane
المصدر: Verbum et Ecclesia, Vol 45, Iss 1, Pp e1-e6 (2024)
بيانات النشر: AOSIS, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Practical Theology
مصطلحات موضوعية: neo-pentecostals, development, sustainable development goals, pentecostal theology, entrepreneurship and african worldview, Practical Theology, BV1-5099
الوصف: Religion and development are a subject that has stimulated researchers in the recent past. Most of the religious role players in development within sub-Saharan Africa have been the historic missional churches, also known as the mainline churches – mostly founded by Euro-Western missionaries. Development with Neo-Pentecostal Churches (NPCs), who are part of Pentecostal-Charismatic churches, is fairly a new area of research. The purpose of this article is to position NPCs as potential development partners that can work in cooperation with other stakeholders in advancing development in the South African context from a decolonial perspective. A literary review on Neo-Pentecostals as development actors, is the focus of this article, positioning them as ideal development partners that contribute towards social and economic capital of communities within the context of education. The article starts by defining a working definition of development, followed by a conceptual framework of Pentecostal tenets where Christ is saviour, healer, baptiser and soon coming king, together with the holistic African worldview which does not demarcate between the sacred and the secular. The outcome is that development in NPCs is spiritual development which starts from individual development that is accompanied by entrepreneurial skills and that Neo-Pentecostals have a contribution towards sustainable development as expressed in their practice of faith and theology which naturally gravitates towards development. Contribution: Education, economics, and Pentecostalism highlight the importance of flexibility and versatility of Neo-Pentecostals in the discourse of sustainable development.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: Afrikaans
German
English
Dutch; Flemish
تدمد: 1609-9982
2074-7705
Relation: https://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/ve/article/view/2798; https://doaj.org/toc/1609-9982; https://doaj.org/toc/2074-7705
DOI: 10.4102/ve.v45i1.2798
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/5de61c24cfb8433fae0f510ef24a0096
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.5de61c24cfb8433fae0f510ef24a0096
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:16099982
20747705
DOI:10.4102/ve.v45i1.2798