THEO-POLITICAL DOMINANCE OF AFRO- PENTECOSTALISM IN THE 21 ST CENTURY： LESSONS FROM THE KENYAN SOCIO-ECCLESIAL CONTEXT研究.pdfVIP

THE0．POLITICALDOM INANCEOFAFRO— PENTEC0STALISM INTHE21STCENTURY：LESSONS FROM THEKENYAN S0CIO．ECCLESIALCONTEXT JuliusGathogo Thearticleseekstobuildthecasefortheriseofafro—Pentecostalism． ashtedominantecclesiasticalparadigm inhteKenyaofthe21stcentury whichhasnow surpassedthetra tionalecclesiologicalaxis(referto Catholics．Anglicans，Me odists， PresbYterian and 0ther mainline churches)．Theirsocialinfluencecannolongerbeunderestimatedas y haveals0abandonedtheirtraditionalexclusivistapproachtoinclusiveand holisticapproachesindispensinghteirspiritualitydiscourses．Following Kenya’sindependencefrom hteBritish．in l963．themissionchurches continuedwf砌 theirholisticandsociallyinfluentialministriestohtelast halfofthe20thcentury．Inhtetwenyt-firstcenturyhowever,thearticle argues。Pentecostalism，which hasrepackaged itsetfas the r“eal” guardiansofhteAfricanheritageandspiritualityhashowevertakenover someofhtecriticalsocio-politica，rolespreviousZydominatedbysomeof htemainlinechurches．Initsmethodology,thearticlesurveysthechanging patternsofPentecostalismwhereinitsabiliyttocaptureAfricanethosof wholenesswherereligionprovidesSOlutiontoeverylifeproblem．suchas disunity,healthandeconomyamongotherS——isnowmanfiest．Doesafro一 尸entecostalism have any relevance fn thepostAugust2010 Kenyan nationalre ． ferendum which ushered in anew socio-politicaldynamics followingthepromulgationofhtenewconstitution?Addressingcutting- edgeissuesfacingtheAfricansocieyt,withoutnecessarily losingtheir gospelconstituency makestheemerging Christianitiesbecomeafro— Pentecostalism。The articlecoversawiderangeof issues，scholarly literatureandreports(includingnewspaperarticlesandblogsetc．)，and otherbackgroundmaterials．Formalmethodsemployedfocusedonshort surveys and semi—structured interviews,info