| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (292 pages)
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| Disciplina |
289.94
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| Soggetto topico |
Evangelicalism
Pentecostalism
Ethnology - Africa
Culture
Africa - Religion
Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism
African Culture
African Religions
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| ISBN |
9783031418372
3031418379
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part 1 : The use of Biblical texts in perpetuating the commercialisation of religion -- Chapter 2: A Piece Of Silver For The Man Of God To Tell Us The Way To Go (1 Sam 9:6-13). -Chapter 3: Serving money over God in Matthew 6:24. - Chapter 4: “The love of money is ‘NOT’ the root of all evil”: some Neo-Pentecostal pastors contradicting 1 Timothy 6:10 in support of materialism -- Part 2: Prosperity gospel and the commercialisation of religion -- Chapter 5: The business practices of Africa’s prosperity teachers -- Chapter 6: Newschapter Opinion Pieces on Prosperity Gospel in South Africa: Critical Reflections, Representations, and Ideology -- Chapter 7: Manipulation of the prosperity message through the sales of sacred products -- Part 3: The economic challenges and commercialisation of religion -- Chapter 8: Socio-economic conditions: The rationale behind the financial abuses -- Chapter 9: The Gospel and Money -- Chapter 10: The riches ofsome Neo-pentecostal pastors versus ‘Moruti le tlala’ -- Chapter 11: Community empowerment in contrast to individual success among Neo- Pentecostal pastors in South Africa -- Part 4: Theological reflections and implications on the commercialisation of religion -- Chapter 12: Commercial Praxis within Neo-Pentecostal Churches: A Practical Theological Assessment -- Chapter 13: Let us make God in our own image: Reflections on uncommon practices in some Neo-Charismatic/Pentecostal Churches in South Africa -- Chapter 14: The impact of the African traditional belief systems on congregants in promoting commercialisation of Christian religious services -- Part 5: The commercialisation and the regulation of religion -- Chapter 15: The violation of the South African Revenue Services by some Neo-Pentecostal pastors -- Chapter 16: Regulating inimical religious practices and protecting religious freedoms: Practical realities and a constitutional conundrum.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910768477303321 |
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Commercialisation of Religion in South Africa : A Pentecostal Approach / / edited by Mookgo Solomon Kgatle, Jonas Sello Thinane, Chammah J. Kaunda
