LEADER 03857nam 22006495 450 001 9910482998703321 005 20230810172600.0 010 $a3-030-69724-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-69724-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000011781571 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6512625 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6512625 035 $a(OCoLC)1241450101 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-69724-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011781571 100 $a20210228d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPentecostalism and Cultism in South Africa /$fby Mookgo Solomon Kgatle 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 230 pages) 225 1 $aChristianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies,$x2634-5862 311 $a3-030-69723-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Prophets in New Prophetic Churches -- 3. NPC Prophets and Religious Cult in South Africa -- 4. The Practice of Secret Cult by Some NPC Prophets in South Africa -- 5. The Sex Cult Practices of Some NPC Prophets in South Africa -- 6. NPC Prophets and the Money Cult in South Africa -- 7. NPC Prophets and the Celebrity Cult in South Africa -- 8. Dis/Continuity with Cultic Tendencies in Classical Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches (PCCs) -- 9. Ways of Challenging the Various Cultic Tendencies in the New Prophetic Churches. 330 $aPentecostalism is a growing movement in world Christianity. However, the growth of Pentecostalism in South Africa has faced some challenges, including the abuse of religion by some prophets. This book first names these prophets and the churches they lead in South Africa, and then makes use of literary and media analysis to analyse the religious practices by the prophets in relation to cultism. Additionally, the book analyses the ?celebrity cult? and how it helps promote the prophets in South Africa. The purpose of this book is threefold: First, to draw parallels between the abuse of religion and cultism. Second, to illustrate that it is cultic tendencies, including the celebrity cult, that has given rise to many prophets in South Africa. Last, to showcase that the challenge for many of these prophets is that the Pentecostal tradition is actually anti-cultism, and thus there is a need for them to rethink their cultic tendencies in order for them to be truly relevant in a South African context. Mookgo Solomon Kgatle is Associate Professor at the University of South Africa. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) Y Rated researcher (2019-2024) in the area of African Pentecostalism, and is visiting scholar at the Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies-University of Birmingham (2020-2022). 410 0$aChristianity and Renewal - Interdisciplinary Studies,$x2634-5862 606 $aEvangelicalism 606 $aPentecostalism 606 $aAfrica$xReligion 606 $aEthnology$xAfrica 606 $aCulture 606 $aEvangelicalism and Pentecostalism 606 $aAfrican Religions 606 $aAfrican Culture 615 0$aEvangelicalism. 615 0$aPentecostalism. 615 0$aAfrica$xReligion. 615 0$aEthnology$xAfrica. 615 0$aCulture. 615 14$aEvangelicalism and Pentecostalism. 615 24$aAfrican Religions. 615 24$aAfrican Culture. 676 $a261.873208828994 676 $a269.40968 700 $aKgatle$b Mookgo S.$0845987 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910482998703321 996 $aPentecostalism and cultism in South Africa$91889582 997 $aUNINA