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African Pentecostal Theology

Modality, Disciplinarity, and Decoloniality

Mookgo Solomon Kgatle

African Pentecostal Theology: Modality, Disciplinarity, and Decoloniality explores research methodology, theological disciplines, and contextualization as important aspects in the process of studying Pentecostal theology in an African context. Mookgo Solomon Kgatle outlines different data collection and data analysis methods, including the skills of interpreting and presenting research findings in a responsible manner. This book illustrates that Pentecostal theology, given its pneumatological approach, goes beyond conventional theological disciplines in transdisciplinary research. The development of knowledge in African Pentecostal Theology should recognize African Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AIKS), African oral and traditional cultures, and African indigenous languages to be relevant to Africans. Pentecostal theologians from different theological disciplines in Africa and globally will find this book a worthwhile read.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 288 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-66695-366-4 • Hardback • December 2023 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
Subjects: Religion / Theology, Religion / African Religions, Religion / Comparative Religion, Religion / Christian Living / Social Issues

Mookgo Solomon Kgatle is professor of missiology at the University of South Africa.

Preface

Introduction

Part I Modality in African Pentecostal Theology

Chapter 1: Research Methods in Pentecostal theology

Chapter 2: Pentecostal Theological Paradigms

Chapter 3: Pentecostal Theological Approaches

Part II Disciplinarity in African Pentecostal Theology

Chapter 4: Disciplines Within Pentecostal Theology

Chapter 5: Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, And Transdisciplinary Pentecostal Theology

Chapter 6: Pentecostal Theology: Beyond Theological Disciplines

Part III: Decoloniality in African Pentecostal Theology

Chapter 7: Contextualising Pentecostal Theology

Chapter 8: Developing Knowledge in African Pentecostal Theology.

Chapter 9: Engaging Pentecostal Communities

Conclusion

References

About the Author

Index

This book is an important contribution to the discipline of African Pentecostal studies by spelling out the uniqueness of the discipline and providing academic frameworks and methods of gaining a better understanding to African Pentecostalism. The book should be read by all students and academics who are seeking for advanced intellectual methods of studying African Pentecostalism.


— Collium Banda, North-West University


This is essential reading for southern African Pentecostal theologians, for whom this book is a treasure trove of useful information and a timely reminder that scholarship is not undertaken in a vacuum.


— Allan Anderson, University of Birmingham


Kgatle is doing African Pentecostal theologians and would-be scholars the favor of discussing the essentials of the unique Pentecostal paradigm, applicable to nearly all the streams of African Pentecostalism that he distinguished, found for instance in its pervasive pneumatology, determining its hermeneutics as well; holistic salvation including an emphasis on healing and prosperity; its participatory and lively liturgy; a hermeneutics built on subjective experiences; realized eschatology, etc., but within African contexts that function with implicit African world views and values. Kgatle empowers readers to apply African indigenous knowledge systems in their endeavors to explain African Pentecostal theology and praxis.


— Journal Pneuma


African Pentecostal Theology

Modality, Disciplinarity, and Decoloniality

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  • African Pentecostal Theology: Modality, Disciplinarity, and Decoloniality explores research methodology, theological disciplines, and contextualization as important aspects in the process of studying Pentecostal theology in an African context. Mookgo Solomon Kgatle outlines different data collection and data analysis methods, including the skills of interpreting and presenting research findings in a responsible manner. This book illustrates that Pentecostal theology, given its pneumatological approach, goes beyond conventional theological disciplines in transdisciplinary research. The development of knowledge in African Pentecostal Theology should recognize African Indigenous Knowledge Systems (AIKS), African oral and traditional cultures, and African indigenous languages to be relevant to Africans. Pentecostal theologians from different theological disciplines in Africa and globally will find this book a worthwhile read.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 288 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-66695-366-4 • Hardback • December 2023 • $115.00 • (£88.00)
    Subjects: Religion / Theology, Religion / African Religions, Religion / Comparative Religion, Religion / Christian Living / Social Issues
Author
Author
  • Mookgo Solomon Kgatle is professor of missiology at the University of South Africa.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Preface

    Introduction

    Part I Modality in African Pentecostal Theology

    Chapter 1: Research Methods in Pentecostal theology

    Chapter 2: Pentecostal Theological Paradigms

    Chapter 3: Pentecostal Theological Approaches

    Part II Disciplinarity in African Pentecostal Theology

    Chapter 4: Disciplines Within Pentecostal Theology

    Chapter 5: Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, And Transdisciplinary Pentecostal Theology

    Chapter 6: Pentecostal Theology: Beyond Theological Disciplines

    Part III: Decoloniality in African Pentecostal Theology

    Chapter 7: Contextualising Pentecostal Theology

    Chapter 8: Developing Knowledge in African Pentecostal Theology.

    Chapter 9: Engaging Pentecostal Communities

    Conclusion

    References

    About the Author

    Index

Reviews
Reviews
  • This book is an important contribution to the discipline of African Pentecostal studies by spelling out the uniqueness of the discipline and providing academic frameworks and methods of gaining a better understanding to African Pentecostalism. The book should be read by all students and academics who are seeking for advanced intellectual methods of studying African Pentecostalism.


    — Collium Banda, North-West University


    This is essential reading for southern African Pentecostal theologians, for whom this book is a treasure trove of useful information and a timely reminder that scholarship is not undertaken in a vacuum.


    — Allan Anderson, University of Birmingham


    Kgatle is doing African Pentecostal theologians and would-be scholars the favor of discussing the essentials of the unique Pentecostal paradigm, applicable to nearly all the streams of African Pentecostalism that he distinguished, found for instance in its pervasive pneumatology, determining its hermeneutics as well; holistic salvation including an emphasis on healing and prosperity; its participatory and lively liturgy; a hermeneutics built on subjective experiences; realized eschatology, etc., but within African contexts that function with implicit African world views and values. Kgatle empowers readers to apply African indigenous knowledge systems in their endeavors to explain African Pentecostal theology and praxis.


    — Journal Pneuma


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