Ghana’s Neo-Prophetic Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity: Future Prospects

Pentecostalism has received lots of scholarship. Yet, there is scanty scholarship on Neo-Prophetic Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity irrespective of its steadily growth and development in the religious field of Ghana. In Ghana today, prophets who belong to this Christian tradition are seen to...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ce65c9e8e66d4c85a165bdb7a609230b2021-11-16T11:24:26ZGhana’s Neo-Prophetic Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity: Future Prospectshttps://doi.org/10.32051/022119022458-7338https://doaj.org/article/ce65c9e8e66d4c85a165bdb7a609230b2019-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ERATS0219ART2.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2458-7338Pentecostalism has received lots of scholarship. Yet, there is scanty scholarship on Neo-Prophetic Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity irrespective of its steadily growth and development in the religious field of Ghana. In Ghana today, prophets who belong to this Christian tradition are seen to engage in commercialising religious items and services, perform strange religious practices in their churches, demonise and verbally abuse each other using different media platforms. These disgusting situations raise the question of the possible future prospects of this brand of Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity given the way its leaders approach and express Christianity today. It is in the light of this that this paper sets out to examine this brand of Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity and outline some prospects it is likely to experience in the future. George Anderson Jnr.Noyam Publishersarticlechristianityfutureghananeo-prophetismpentecostalismprospectsChristianityBR1-1725The BibleBS1-2970ENE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 16-27 (2019)
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George Anderson Jnr.
Ghana’s Neo-Prophetic Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity: Future Prospects
description Pentecostalism has received lots of scholarship. Yet, there is scanty scholarship on Neo-Prophetic Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity irrespective of its steadily growth and development in the religious field of Ghana. In Ghana today, prophets who belong to this Christian tradition are seen to engage in commercialising religious items and services, perform strange religious practices in their churches, demonise and verbally abuse each other using different media platforms. These disgusting situations raise the question of the possible future prospects of this brand of Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity given the way its leaders approach and express Christianity today. It is in the light of this that this paper sets out to examine this brand of Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity and outline some prospects it is likely to experience in the future.
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title Ghana’s Neo-Prophetic Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity: Future Prospects
title_short Ghana’s Neo-Prophetic Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity: Future Prospects
title_full Ghana’s Neo-Prophetic Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity: Future Prospects
title_fullStr Ghana’s Neo-Prophetic Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity: Future Prospects
title_full_unstemmed Ghana’s Neo-Prophetic Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity: Future Prospects
title_sort ghana’s neo-prophetic pentecostal/charismatic christianity: future prospects
publisher Noyam Publishers
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url https://doi.org/10.32051/02211902
https://doaj.org/article/ce65c9e8e66d4c85a165bdb7a609230b
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