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Title:Prosperity-preaching in West-Africa: an evaluation of a contemporary ideology from a New Testament perspective
Author:Kahl, WernerISNI
Year:2007
Periodical:The Ghana Bulletin of Theology (ISSN 0855-7942)
Volume:2
Period:July
Pages:21-42
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic term:West Africa
Subjects:Bible
Pentecostalism
religion
Wealth--Religious aspects--Christianity
Preaching
Abstract:Prosperity preaching is a powerful trend in Pentecostalism and it is also an issue in West Africa. By prosperity preaching the present author means an understanding of Christianity which takes success in business, resulting in material wealth, as a major objective for Christian existence. Concentrating on a New Testament passage which serves as a key witness for prosperity teaching (3John 2), he critically examines the way prosperity preachers interpret the New Testament and exposes prosperity preaching - as defined above - as the religious counterpart of an unchecked capitalist ideology. In conclusion, the author suggests alternative lifestyles which are informed by New Testament ethics. Notes, ref., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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