Power Evangelism in a Protestant Context? Reflections after a Workshop in Samosir/Indonesia
This article discusses how the neo-Pentecostal concept of power evangelism, read from a liberation perspective, might be useful to contextualize evangelism in the Toba Batak region of Samosir. In a situation where evangelistic preaching follows an evangelical forensic paradigm but Christians turn to...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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International review of mission
Jahr: 2018, Band: 107, Heft: 1, Seiten: 142-158 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion BB Indigene Religionen KBM Asien KDD Evangelische Kirche KDG Freikirche RH Evangelisation; christliche Medien |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
forensic paradigm of salvation
B POWER EVANGELISM B traditional Batak religion B ancestor spirits B Blessing B power paradigm of salvation B Healing B Contextual evangelism B Syncretism |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article discusses how the neo-Pentecostal concept of power evangelism, read from a liberation perspective, might be useful to contextualize evangelism in the Toba Batak region of Samosir. In a situation where evangelistic preaching follows an evangelical forensic paradigm but Christians turn to traditional religious rituals for blessing, healing, and protection, a new approach is needed. Preaching and liturgies informed by a power paradigm might resolve the problem of syncretism, but important theological questions need to be clarified. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6631 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: International review of mission
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/irom.12214 |