John Chrysostom and African Charismatic Theology in Conversation

Salvation, Deliverance, and the Prosperity Gospel

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

This book puts John Chrysostom in conversation with deliverance ministries and the prosperity gospel in modern African charismatic Christianity. Samantha Miller argues that Chrysostom had a cosmology not unlike that present in the charismatic Christianity of the global south, where the world is populated by spirits able to affect the material world. Additionally, Chrysostom had plenty to say about suffering, demons, and prosperity. Through this conversation, issues of personal moral responsibility and salvation rise to the surface, and it is through these issues that modern Western and African Christians—theologians, pastors, missionaries, and laity—can perhaps have a conversation that gets past the question of a spirit-inhabited world and talk together about the saving work of Christ for the benefit of all the church.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-03-18
Mått:162 x 227 x 19 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:170
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781978704442

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Samantha L. Miller is visiting assistant professor of theology at Whitworth University.

Recensioner i media

In this book, Miller undertakes a bold experiment – to deepen the theological conversation between African Pentecostal Christianity and western evangelicals by employing a shared ‘ancestor’ from early Christianity as a neutral dialogue partner. Through the lens of that early understanding of demons, virtue, and suffering, the shared thoughtworlds and theologies of modern deliverance ministry and the prosperity gospel gain clarity. This a book that will be helpful to missionaries, ministers, and lay leaders who encounter these theologies in their ministries. Western Christians concerned about spiritual warfare or engaged in ministry with African migrant communities will find this book enlightening.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Charismatic Christianity in Africa2. John Chrysostom’s World and Modern Africa: Intersections3. A Conversation about Deliverance4. A Conversation about Prosperity5. Themes of the Conversations