The Prosperity Gospel in the African Diaspora: Unethical Theology or Gospel in Context?
The prosperity gospel in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Hosanna Chapel, Helsinki, Finland, builds primarily on African indigenous worldviews rather than serving as a theological justification for capitalism. It is a contextual African interpretation of the gospel in a situation of tension bet...
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2015
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Exchange
Year: 2015, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 353-380 |
| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDG Free church NCE Business ethics |
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African Christianity
prosperity gospel
religion and economy
African diaspora churches
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