Prophetism from Scripture to Practice

African and Afro-Caribbean Perspectives
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-15313-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 118 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 292 g

Reihe: Routledge Focus on Religion

This book critically examines the relationship between prophetic practices in the Bible and contemporary prophetism in African Christianity. Pentecostalism continues to evolve across Africa with its beliefs and practices mimicking the older and well-established Christian denominations, along with the emergence of newer versions of prophetism or neo-prophetism. The contributions analyse the theological underpinnings of Pentecostal prophetism and evaluate prophets' claims that their practices align with biblical precedents. With careful exegesis of relevant biblical passages, the book considers the degree to which modern prophetic practices comply with biblical stipulations. It provides insights in particular from Ghana, Nigeria, and Haiti, and will be of interest to scholars of African Christianity, theology, and biblical studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nii Aboagye Aryeh, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Pfingstkirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. General Introduction 2. The Rhetoric of Conceptual Blending of Prophetism in Acts 21:1-16: Relevance for Prophetism in Ghana 3. Comparative Explorations of the Portrait of Vulnerability in the Prophetic Persona in Jeremiah’s Oracles and Nigerian Pentecostalism 4.Re-reading Acts 8:9-25 in Relation to Prophetic Practices in New Generational Churches in Nigeria 5. Judeo-Christian Prophetism in Haiti: A Cultural Revitalisation Current since 1996 6. Prophetic Practices as a Fast-Growing Venture: Ethical Issues of Prophecy in Nigeria 7. The Place of Gomer in Prophecy: A Re-reading of Hosea’s Prophetic Ministry in the Nigerian Context.

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh is an Associate Professor of New Testament Studies and Biblical Interpretation and the President of Alpha University College, Ghana. He is also adjunct faculty at Trinity Theological Seminary in Ghana and a research associate in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.