LEADER 06150nam 22003973 450 001 9910799206403321 005 20240102080229.0 010 $a3-031-49159-9 035 $a(CKB)29476193200041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31046415 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31046415 035 $a(EXLCZ)9929476193200041 100 $a20240102d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aProphecy and Politics in South African Pentecostalism $eA Pentecostal Political Theology in Postcolonial Africa 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing AG,$d2024. 210 4$dİ2023. 215 $a1 online resource (309 pages) 311 08$a9783031491580 327 $aIntro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Background to the Study -- 1.2 Some Gaps in the Intersectionality of Prophecy and Politics -- 1.3 Introducing South African Pentecostalism -- 1.4 Introducing Pentecostal Prophecy -- 1.5 Introducing South African Politics -- 1.6 Theoretical Framework -- Prophetic Imagination -- Pneumatological Imagination -- Sovereignty -- 1.7 Research Methods -- 1.8 Chapter Outline -- Part I: Prophecy and Politics in South African Pentecostalism -- Chapter 2: Historical Dimensions of Prophecy and Politics in South African Pentecostalism -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Intersectionality of Prophecy and Politics -- 2.3 Early Pentecostalism and Inward-Looking Approach -- 2.4 The Emergence of a Prophetic Voice -- 2.5 Prophecy and Neo-colonialism in South Africa -- 2.6 Prophecy, Post-colonialism and Migration in South Africa -- 2.7 The Political Importance of Prophecy -- 2.8 Challenges of the Intersectionality of Prophecy and Politics -- 2.9 Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The Practice of Prophecy in Contemporary Pentecostalism -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Conceptualisation of Prophecy -- 3.3 The Practice of Prophecy in Pentecostal Theology -- 3.4 Prophecy in Various Strands of Pentecostalism -- 3.5 Prophecy in New Prophetic Churches -- 3.6 Some Similarities with Traditional African Religions -- 3.7 Some Similarities with African Independent Churches -- 3.8 Prophecy as a Crowd Puller -- 3.9 Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and Politics -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Prophet Shepherd Bushiri in South Africa -- 4.3 Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and Politics -- 4.4 Prophet Shepherd Bushiri's Legal Woes -- 4.5 Prophet Shepherd Bushiri's Arrests -- 4.6 Prophet Shepherd Bushiri's Escape -- 4.7 Political Influence in His Escape? -- 4.8 Attempts to Rearrest Bushiri in Malawi -- 4.9 Conclusion. 327 $aChapter 5: Other Contemporary Prophets and Politics in South Africa -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Prophets During the Zuma and Ramaphosa Presidencies -- 5.3 Politicians Who Visited Prophets -- 5.4 Politicians Who Received Prayers -- 5.5 Politicians Who Received Prophecies -- 5.6 The Rationale Behind Political Visits -- 5.7 Political Visits and Political Affiliations -- 5.8 Political Visits and Church Affiliations -- 5.9 Political Visits and the Popularity of Prophets -- 5.10 Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Problematising the Intersectionality of Prophecy and Politics in Post-colonial Africa -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Prophets and Political Interference -- 6.3 Prophecy, Politics and Justice -- 6.4 Prophetic Voice and Politics in South Africa -- 6.5 Prophecy, Media and Politics in the Public Sphere -- 6.6 Prophetic Witness and Politics -- 6.7 Ethics, Prophecy and Politics -- 6.8 Prophecy, Politics and Societal Challenges -- 6.9 Conclusion -- Part II: Development of a Pentecostal Political Theology of Prophecy -- Chapter 7: Pentecostal Prophetic Imagination in Post-colonial Africa -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Walter Brueggemann's Theory of Prophetic Imagination -- 7.3 Prophetic Freedom, Justice and Pentecostalism -- 7.4 Prophetic Criticism and Pentecostalism -- 7.5 Radical Criticism and Radical Delegitimisation of the Empire in Pentecostalism -- 7.6 Prophetic Energising and Pentecostalism -- 7.7 Prophetic Consciousness and Royal Consciousness in Pentecostalism -- 7.8 New Reality, Alternative Community and Pentecostalism -- 7.9 Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Pneumatological Imagination: A Pentecostal Approach to the Political Theology of Prophecy -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Amos Yong's Theory of Pneumatological Imagination -- 8.3 Pneumatological Imagination as the Convergence of God and Humanity -- 8.4 God as Present and Active in the World. 327 $a8.5 Spirit-Oriented Imagination -- 8.6 Pneumatological Imagination and Spiritual Empowerment -- 8.7 Pneumatic Prophetic Witness -- 8.8 Pneumatological Imagination: The Foundation of Pentecostal Political Theology -- 8.9 Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Pentecostal Political Theology of Sovereignty in Post-colonial Africa -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Nimi Wariboko's Alternative Sovereignty -- 9.3 Prophecy and Politics: Two Centres of Sovereignty -- 9.4 Prophecy and the Sovereign God -- 9.5 Prophecy and the Sovereignty of the Pentecostal Movement -- 9.6 Prophecy and the Sovereignty of the Biblical Text -- 9.7 Prophecy and the Sovereign State -- 9.8 Sovereignty, Prophecy and Politics in Pentecostalism -- 9.9 Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Towards a Pentecostal Political Theology of Prophecy in Post-colonial Africa -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Pentecostal Prophetic Ethos -- 10.3 Pentecostal Prophetic Alternative Sovereignty -- 10.4 Pentecostal Outward-Looking Imagination -- 10.5 Pentecostal Political Theology of Engagement -- 10.6 Pentecostal Political Theology of Speaking Truth to Power -- 10.7 Pentecostal Prophethood of All the Believers -- 10.8 Conclusion -- References -- Index. 676 $a269.40968 700 $aKgatle$b Mookgo Solomon$01457381 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910799206403321 996 $aProphecy and Politics in South African Pentecostalism$93872891 997 $aUNINA