Marius Nel

Pacifism and Pentecostals in South Africa (eBook, PDF)

A new hermeneutic for nonviolence

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Produktbeschreibung

This book traces how Pentecostalism has manifested in Africa during the Twentieth-Century. In particualar, it looks at the history of nonviolence in Pentecostalism and suggests that a new hermeneutic of the Bible is needed by today's Pentecostals in order for them to rediscover their pacifist roots and effect positive social change. By bringing Pentecostalism's function in African society to the fore, this book adds a fresh perspective on the issue of pacifism in world Christianity. As such it will be of great use to scholars of Pentecostal Studies, Theology, and Religion and Violence as well as those working in African Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429995934
• Artikelnr.: 56840222

Autorenporträt

Marius Nel is a Research professor at North-West University, South Africa. He has written numberous articles on Biblical Studies and hermeneutics and contributed to several collections including the Oxford Dictionary of the Bible and Ethics. His own books include Aspects of Pentecostal Theology (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Stanley Hauerwas; By way of introduction: Motivation for study
1 Church and war: A change in hermeneutical stance among Pentecostals 2 The
Bible and violence, and Christians 3 Ideology as violence: Apartheid as a
case study 4 A distinctive Pentecostal hermeneutic? 5 The theory and
theology of just war: A Pentecostal reflection 6 Synthesis