Pentecostal theology regarding disability in African neo-Pentecostalism
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Authors
Kgatle, Mookgo S.
Issue Date
2024-01-19
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Pentecostalism , Pentecostal theology , Disability , Critical theory , Healing
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Abstract
The Pentecostal approach to disability is currently informed by the imposed healing,
deliverance, and performance of other miracles, particularly among neo-Pentecostals in Africa. This is also informed by the neo-Pentecostal pastor’s radical approach to the aspect of healing in Pentecostal theology. Therefore, instead of addressing disability from the point of environmental, social, and technological aspects, neo-Pentecostal pastors either impose healing on the disabled body, or blame them for a lack of faith. This in a way presents some power dynamics between the abled neo-Pentecostal pastors’ bodies and the disabled congregant bodies. This article uses a critical theory, to argue that the development of the
Pentecostal theology of disability should take cognisance of the environmental, social, and technological factors. When this is done, a Pentecostal setting in the form of a church service, crusade, or revival will not become a place of imposed healing and deliverance, but an environmentally, socially, and technologically friendly one, that is conducive to those living with a disability.
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Citation
Kgatle, M.S., 2024, ‘Pentecostal theology regarding disability in African neo-Pentecostalism’, In die Skriflig 58(1), a3004. https://doi.org/10.4102/ids. v58i1.3004
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AOSIS