The Healer Prophet In Afro Christian Churches

Author : Gerhardus C. Oosthuizen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004319844

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The Healer-Prophet in Afro-Christian Churches by Gerhardus C. Oosthuizen Pdf

Apart from the mainline, Pentecostal, and Zionist churches, there are different types of African Independent/Indigenous Churches (AIC). The greater part of the more than four thousand denominations and eight million adherents came into the AIC during the past three decades, mainly from the traditional African religious background. The important role of the diviner in the traditional society has been replaced by the prophet in the AIC; the prophet understands the worldview of his/her people, especially the cultural diseases. In some churches the office of prophet cum diviner is represented by one person. The AIC movement is the most dynamic church movement in many parts of Africa, especially Southern Africa. The consistent growth of these churches can largely be accounted for by the healing procedures they use, which ar highlighted in this study. Dr. Oosthuizen approaches healing from various angles, as sickness is not only determined by physical and psychological factors, but also by disturbed human relationships and socio-political and economic tensions.

Author : C. Douglas Weaver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015014162070

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The Healer-prophet, William Marrion Branham by C. Douglas Weaver Pdf

Author : G. Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen,Michiel Casparus Kitshoff,S. W. D. Dube
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004100350

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Afro-Christianity at the Grassroots by G. Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen,Michiel Casparus Kitshoff,S. W. D. Dube Pdf

This publication clearly indicates the dynamics of indigenous Christianity in Southern Africa with its holistic approach addressing the needs of their flocks in all dimensions of their existence. Their own church problems also receive attention.

Author : Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041014239

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Afro-Christian Religion and Healing in Southern Africa by Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen Pdf

This study seeks an understanding of one result of the syncretism of Southern African Christianity, namely, the increasing evidence among African Christians of ancestor veneration, belief in possession by alien spirits, dance-induced trancing, and witch beliefs.

Author : Edley J. Moodley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556358807

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Shembe, Ancestors, and Christ by Edley J. Moodley Pdf

The Christian axis has shifted dramatically southward to Africa, Asia, and Latin America, so much so that today there are more Christians living in these southern regions than among their northern counterparts. In the case of Africa, the African Initiated Churches-founded by Africans and primarily for Africans-has largely contributed to the exponential growth and proliferation of the Christian faith in the continent. Yet, even more profoundly, these churches espouse a brand of Christianity that is indigenized and thoroughly contextual. Further, the power and popularity of the AICs, beyond the unprecedented numbers joining these churches, are attributed to their relevance to the existential everyday needs and concerns of their adherents in the context of a postcolonial Africa. At the heart of Christian theology is Christology-the confessed uniqueness of Christ in history and among world religions. Yet this key feature of Christianity, as with other important elements of the Christian faith, may be variously understood and re-interpreted in these indigenous churches. The focus of this study is the amaNazaretha Church, an influential religious group founded by the African charismatic prophet Isaiah Shembe in 1911 in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The movement today claims a following of some two million adherents and has proliferated beyond the borders of South Africa to neighboring countries in Southern Africa. The book addresses the complex and at times ambivalent understanding of the person and work of Christ in the amaNazaretha Church, presenting the genesis, history, beliefs, and practices of this significant religious movement in South Africa, with broader implications for similar movements across the continent of Africa and beyond.

Author : Linda L. Barnes,Ines M. Talamantez
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-19
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780195176438

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Teaching Religion and Healing by Linda L. Barnes,Ines M. Talamantez Pdf

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Author : Paula Viterbo,Kalala Ngalamulume
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781628954906

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Medicine and Health in Africa by Paula Viterbo,Kalala Ngalamulume Pdf

Over the last two decades, the implosion of economies under the burden of debt, the negative repercussions of structural adjustment programs, the crisis of legitimacy, civil wars, and the collapse of some states have resulted in serious health issues across the African continent. Newly emerging diseases, such as Ebola virus and HIV/AIDS have killed and disabled millions. Some “old diseases,” such as yellow fever, tuberculosis, and polio have reappeared. Malaria, cholera, and meningitis continue to kill thousands. In many countries, the medical infrastructure has collapsed, while an increasing number of physicians and nurses have migrated to more hospitable places. Stigmatization of the affected people has exacerbated social and racial discrimination and has affected the implementation of national and international public health programs. The complexity of the situation requires an interdisciplinary approach. This collection, including contributions by historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and biologists, emphasizes the social and cultural contexts of African health, paying particular attention to the history of the colonial public health system and its legacy.

Author : Ulf Strohbehn
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9789996045035

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The Zionist Churches in Malawi by Ulf Strohbehn Pdf

This book presents an African Christian movement full of vitality and creativity. The reader will meet believers who drink milk so that they may dream about angels, reports about funerals where the mourners dance with the coffin on their shoulders and church members who are ritually not allowed to fertilize their fields or wear neck ties. The authors unique insight into Malawis Christian community addresses important issues in society. Why have Spirit Churches, including Pentecostalism, been so successful in Malawi? Why do some religious groups still refuse medical help, up to the point that children die of cholera? How did the independent churches deal with the colonial trauma? In this masterful portrait, Strohbehn takes the reader from industrial mine compounds to rural colonies, where churches have set up their own spiritual and political rule. He carefully dissects the fine lines between traditional notions and Christianitys influence. We find a spiritual portrait of the Ngoni people, a fascinating cultural analysis of dancing and an encounter with a unique style of preaching.

Author : Lauren V. Jarvis
Publisher : MSU Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781609177522

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A Prophet of the People by Lauren V. Jarvis Pdf

In 1910 Isaiah Shembe was struggling. He had left his family and quit his job as a sanitation worker to become a Baptist evangelist, but he ended his first mission without much to show. Little did he know that he would soon establish the Nazaretha Church as he began to attract attention from people left behind by industrial capitalism in South Africa. By his death in 1935, Shembe was an internationally known prophet and healer, described by his peers as “better off than all the Black people.” In A Prophet of the People: Isaiah Shembe and the Making of a South African Church, historian Lauren V. Jarvis provides a fascinating and intimate portrait of one of South Africa’s most famous religious figures, and in turn the making of modern South Africa. Following Shembe from his birth in the 1860s across many environments and contexts, Jarvis illuminates the tight links between the spread of Christianity, strategies of evasion, and the capacious forms of community that continue to shape South Africa today.

Author : N. Amanze
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789966040251

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Biblical Studies, Theology, Religion and Philosophy by N. Amanze Pdf

This book introduces the study of Biblical studies, theology, religion and philosophy from an African perspective. The book comprises twenty six chapters divided into four sections. The first section deals with Biblical studies, the second with theology, the third with religion and the fourth with philosophy. The contributions are from 20 eminent scholars from African and Caribbean universities.

Author : Linda Elaine Thomas
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1570033110

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Under the Canopy by Linda Elaine Thomas Pdf

The culture of a black South African community & the religion & rituals that enabled it to survive the devastating apartheid era.

Author : Mookgo Solomon Kgatle
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783031491597

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Prophecy and Politics in South African Pentecostalism by Mookgo Solomon Kgatle Pdf

This book is an interdisciplinary study of the relationship between prophecy and politics in South African Pentecostalism. The role and the power of prophecy in enhancing the presence of politicians in the church square are unpacked through historical examples, as well as case studies of contemporary prophets. Solomon Kgatle argues that the influence of prophecy in politics has the potential to weaken the prophetic voice of the church in general and the Pentecostal movement in particular. He proposes a Pentecostal political theology of prophecy. This theology is developed by taking into cognizance the theoretical and theological frameworks of prophetic imagination and pneumatological imagination. In addition, this theology seeks a balance between prophecy and power and prophecy and sovereignty.

Author : Anna Runesson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004190344

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Exegesis in the Making by Anna Runesson Pdf

Known for its fresh approaches as well as for its complex theoretical foundations, postcolonial studies is one of the most dynamic contributions to the field of biblical studies today. The present book is a pedagogically structured introduction to this emerging field for both scholar and student.

Author : Craig S. Keener
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532684104

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Between History and Spirit by Craig S. Keener Pdf

Craig Keener is known for his meticulous work on New Testament backgrounds, but especially his detailed work on the book of Acts. Now, for the first time in book form, Cascade presents his key essays on Acts, with special focus on historical questions and matters related to God’s Spirit.

Author : Johannes Smit,Pratap Kumar
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047407492

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Study of Religion in Southern Africa by Johannes Smit,Pratap Kumar Pdf

This collection of essays in honour of Gerhardus Cornelis (Pippin) Oosthuizen, provides perspectives on current research in Religion and Southern Africa. It includes essays on Indigenous and Diaspora Religions and Religious Literature Hermeneutics.