Handbook of Christian Prophetism in Africa

Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh, Ph.D. (2020) is an Associate Professor and the Rector of Perez University College, Ghana and adjunct faculty at Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon Ghana. Research Associate, Department of New Testament and Related Literature, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. His research interests include New Testament studies, wealth and poverty in the Gospel of Lukan, Pentecostalism/Charismatic studies, and Christian prophetism. Aryeh is the chairman of the West Africa Association of Theological Institutions (WAATI). He is the Vice General Secretary of the Institute for Biblical Scholarship in Africa (IBSA), and a member of the prestigious Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS). J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu Ph.D. (2000) is a professor of African Pentecostal and Charismatic theology. He is a fellow of the Ghana Academic Arts and Sciences and the presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church. Knut Holter, Ph.D. (1993) teaches in the Department of Teacher Education, NLA University College, Bergen and Oslo (Norway), and he is also an Extra-ordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University (South Africa). Holter holds a doctorate in Old Testament exegesis from the University of Oslo (1993) but for the last 25 years, his main research and publishing focus has been on African interpretive strategies vis-à-vis the Bible, cf. SIMBA: Site of Innovation and Method on Bible and Africa, https://simb.africa.

• Notes on ContributorsForeword: Reinvention of the Prophetic in Contemporary African ChristianityJ. Kwabena Asamoah-GyaduIntroductionDaniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh, J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu and Knut HolterPart 1: Prophetism in the Old Testament and African Christianity1 Prophetism in Ancient Israel as a Template for African Contemporary ChurchesGrace O. Olajide2 “Your Sons and Daughters Will Prophesy”: Prophetic Succession in African Charismatic Christianity on the Old Testament TraditionsMark S. Aidoo3 Prophecy and Influence: a Reading of 2 Chronicles 34:22–33 in the Context of GhanaEmem Opoku-AgyemangPart 2: Prophetism in the New Testament/Early Christianity and African Christianity4 Prophecy in Paul’s Theology and Its Implications for Prophetic Ministries in African Indigenous Churches in NigeriaMichael Deji Olajide5 Prophetism in the Early Church and Contemporary Church in Africa: the Case of Montanism (New Prophecy)Daniel Nii Aboagye AryehPart 3: Prophetism in African Initiated/Independent/ Indigenous Churches6 African Independent Churches: the Trailblazers of Prophetic Ministry in African ChristianityThomas Oduro7 “The Word Comes to the Element, and So There Is a Sacrament”Sacramentalization of Religious Practices with Water and Oil in the Ministry of an Aladura Prophet in NigeriaKnut Holter8 Prophetism, and Christian Mission among the Luo of Nyanza, 1900–1920Francis OmondiPart 4: Prophetism, Media, Liturgy, Nationality, Mission, and Pandemic9 The Digital Space as a Prophetic Space: Opportunities and Challenges for African ChristianityChristian Tsekpoe, Joseph Osafo and Eric Kallai10 Assessment of the Prophetic Ministry among Contemporary Nigerian ChurchesAyotunde Olayori Oguntade11 Gender and Prophetism in Aladura Churches of NigeriaRuth M. Oyeniyi12 Contemporary Prophetism and Evangelical Theological Education in NigeriaJanet Omotola Adeyanju13 Contemporary Prophetic Christianity in Africa and the Covid-19 Pandemic: a Theological Examination of a Response from Prophet Emmanuel MakandiwaJacob Kwame Opata14 Prophetism and Nationalism in NigeriaFriday Ifeanyi Ogbuehi15 Spiritual Warfare in African Christianity: a Reformed Perspective on the Fear of Curses and WitchcraftKevin Muriithi Ndereba16 Music and Prophetism in African PentecostalismGabriel Ademola OyeniyiPostscript17 Towards a Better Understanding of Prophetism in Africa?Knut Holter18 The Bible, Tradition, and Prophetism in AfricaDaniel Nii Aboagye AryehIndex