Stretching the Definitions? Pneumatology and Syncretism in African Pentecostalism

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" Stretching the Definitions? Pneumatology and Syncretism in African Pentecostalism "
Allan Anderson

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1079376
Doc. No	:	LA123005
Call No	:	‭10.1177/096673690101000106‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Allan Anderson
Title & Author	:	Stretching the Definitions? Pneumatology and Syncretism in African Pentecostalism [Article]\ Allan Anderson
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Pentecostal Theology
Date	:	2001
Volume/ Issue Number	:	10/1
Page No	:	98–119
Abstract	:	Some observers regard as 'syncretistic' many forms of African Pentecostalism that have developed a pneumatology with a presumed link to the pre-Christian past, and will also deny the term 'Pentecostal' to these groups. This does not fully recognise the parallels between biblical pneumatology and the holistic African worldview, and the significant contribution that African Pentecostalism makes to a dynamic understanding of pneumatology. This encounter between African religions and biblical pneumatology reflects a genuine desire to make the doctrine of the Spirit relevant in an African context. This is supported by biblical texts, where such a 'dynamic pneumatology' is assumed. Some observers regard as 'syncretistic' many forms of African Pentecostalism that have developed a pneumatology with a presumed link to the pre-Christian past, and will also deny the term 'Pentecostal' to these groups. This does not fully recognise the parallels between biblical pneumatology and the holistic African worldview, and the significant contribution that African Pentecostalism makes to a dynamic understanding of pneumatology. This encounter between African religions and biblical pneumatology reflects a genuine desire to make the doctrine of the Spirit relevant in an African context. This is supported by biblical texts, where such a 'dynamic pneumatology' is assumed.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1177/096673690101000106‬