Handbook of Christian Prophetism in Africa /

Handbook of Christian Prophetism in Africa /

More than half a century has passed since the first monographs on African Christian prophetism were published. The prophetic element was only the most dramatic and prominent part of developments that sought to bring the biblical material alive in ways that had not been experienced in the ecclesiolog...

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Other Authors: Aryeh, Daniel Nii Aboagye (Editor), Asamoah-Gyadu, Kwabena (Editor), Holter, Knut (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2025
Studies of Religion in Africa.

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Religious Studies.

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Call Number: BL41

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Table of Contents:
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Foreword: Reinvention of the Prophetic in Contemporary African Christianity
  • J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
  • Introduction
  • Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh, J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu and Knut Holter
  • Part 1: Prophetism in the Old Testament and African Christianity
  • 1 Prophetism in Ancient Israel as a Template for African Contemporary Churches
  • Grace O. Olajide
  • 2 "Your Sons and Daughters Will Prophesy": Prophetic Succession in African Charismatic Christianity on the Old Testament Traditions
  • Mark S. Aidoo
  • 3 Prophecy and Influence: a Reading of 2 Chronicles 34:22-33 in the Context of Ghana
  • Emem Opoku-Agyemang
  • Part 2: Prophetism in the New Testament/Early Christianity and African Christianity
  • 4 Prophecy in Paul's Theology and Its Implications for Prophetic Ministries in African Indigenous Churches in Nigeria
  • Michael Deji Olajide
  • 5 Prophetism in the Early Church and Contemporary Church in Africa: the Case of Montanism (New Prophecy)
  • Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh
  • Part 3: Prophetism in African Initiated/Independent/ Indigenous Churches
  • 6 African Independent Churches: the Trailblazers of Prophetic Ministry in African Christianity
  • Thomas Oduro
  • 7 "The Word Comes to the Element, and So There Is a Sacrament"
  • Sacramentalization of Religious Practices with Water and Oil in the Ministry of an Aladura Prophet in Nigeria
  • Knut Holter
  • 8 Prophetism, and Christian Mission among the Luo of Nyanza, 1900-1920
  • Francis Omondi
  • Part 4: Prophetism, Media, Liturgy, Nationality, Mission, and Pandemic
  • 9 The Digital Space as a Prophetic Space: Opportunities and Challenges for African Christianity
  • Christian Tsekpoe, Joseph Osafo and Eric Kallai
  • 10 Assessment of the Prophetic Ministry among Contemporary Nigerian Churches
  • Ayotunde Olayori Oguntade
  • 11 Gender and Prophetism in Aladura Churches of Nigeria
  • Ruth M. Oyeniyi
  • 12 Contemporary Prophetism and Evangelical Theological Education in Nigeria
  • Janet Omotola Adeyanju
  • 13 Contemporary Prophetic Christianity in Africa and the Covid-19 Pandemic: a Theological Examination of a Response from Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa
  • Jacob Kwame Opata
  • 14 Prophetism and Nationalism in Nigeria
  • Friday Ifeanyi Ogbuehi
  • 15 Spiritual Warfare in African Christianity: a Reformed Perspective on the Fear of Curses and Witchcraft
  • Kevin Muriithi Ndereba
  • 16 Music and Prophetism in African Pentecostalism
  • Gabriel Ademola Oyeniyi
  • Postscript
  • 17 Towards a Better Understanding of Prophetism in Africa?
  • Knut Holter
  • 18 The Bible, Tradition, and Prophetism in Africa
  • Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh
  • Index.