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dc.contributor.authorKakwata, Frederick
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-12T10:40:20Z
dc.date.available2018-07-12T10:40:20Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationKakwata, F. 2017. The progressive Pentecostal conception of development within an African context of poverty. Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 3(1):159-183. [http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S2413-94672017000100010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en]
dc.identifier.issn2413-9459
dc.identifier.issn2413-9467 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S2413-94672017000100010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/28413
dc.description.abstractThis article, as literary study, is placed within the framework of a qualitative content analysis and deductive approach. It seeks to explore the progressive Pentecostal conception of development in a sub-Saharan African context of poverty. This investigation is based on ethnographic studies conducted in different parts of Africa. The study also aims to analyse the notion of evil spirits' work in relation to poverty and underdevelopment. These notions are raised by the new conception of development. It is argued that Western development theories implemented in Africa failed miserably to clarify the problem of poverty and underdevelopment. In the midst of crises and despair, a new trend of Pentecostalism emerged that promotes a completely new conception of development, which has a spiritual focus. The latter resonates strongly with the African worldview, reflects the biblical truth, and demonstrates that the ultimate cause of poverty is fundamentally spiritual, which implies the solution should be similar. Therefore, recent studies reveal that the movement has had more success in addressing poverty than the strategies of NGOs. However, this success is limited to an individual level. This means the structural problem responsible for the impoverishment of the masses in Africa is not dealt with directly. In this regard, an all-inclusive focus is needed that could pave the way to sustainable social and economic change in Africa.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPieter de Waal Neethling Trust
dc.subjectProgressive Pentecostal
dc.subjectdevelopment
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectspirituality
dc.subjectspiritual warfare
dc.titleThe progressive Pentecostal conception of development within an African context of poverty
dc.typeArticle
dc.contributor.researchID26977516 - Kakwata, Frederick


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