New Publication: Pentecostalism and Development
Documentation of an international consultation in Hamburg about "Cultural roots, cultural transition, understanding of faith and cooperation in development"
In January 2011 an international conference convened at the Missionsakademie Hamburg in order to look at the charismatization processes in African Protestant churches and the growth of the Pentecostal / charismatic movements on the continent, and to discuss the impact of these processes on development cooperation between the German Protestant agencies and African churches and NGOs.
The papers presented by academics and development professionals from Africa and Europe have now been made available in a publication, which can be downloaded at http://www.emw-d.de/fix/files/doku_5_encounter-beyond-routine2011.pdf.
The presenters covered different geographical as well as thematic areas.
Contents
Wilfried Neusel and Owe Boersma:
Preface
Wilfried Neusel
Word of Greeting to the Participants of the International Africa Consultation
Wilfried Neusel
Encounter beyond routine – about the scope of our consultation
Claudia Währisch-Oblau
Spiritual warfare – the royal road to liberation and development in Africa and Europe?
J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
“African Reformation”
Francis Mkandawire
Mission and Development by Mission Instituted Churches in Africa: An African Evangelical Perspective
Nathan Iddrisu Samwini
“Missionary Tradition, African Worldviews
and the Growth of the Pentecostal Movement – Implications for the
Fellowship with German Churches in Mission and Development”
Jörg Haustein
Charismatic Renewal, Denominational Tradition and the Transformation of Ethiopian Society
Daniel Akhazemea and Babatunde Adedibu
The Redeemed Christian Church Of God, A Missionary Global Player: What Is Her Message Regarding Human Development?
Allan Anderson
The Pentecostal Gospel, Religion and Culture in African Perspective
Viateur Ndikumana
Healing the Wounds of the Past and Promoting Development in Rwanda: The Church‘s Stance on the Genocide and Civil War
Helga Dickow and Valerie Møller
Let‘s Face The World!
Faith K. Lugazia
Transformation of Mission Instituted Churches in
Tanzania: “ Charismatic Renewal, Denomination Tradition, and
Transformation of the Society.” A Lutheran Voice
Jean Gottfried Mutombo
The general situation of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Werner Kahl
Reverse Mission and Social Integration
Verena Grüter
“Cultural Roots, Cultural Transition, Understanding of Faith and Cooperation in Development”
Lothar Brock
The Challenge of the “African Reformation” for Fellowship in Mission and Development
Wilfried Neusel
Shared memories in the Hamburg “Encounter beyond routine” 2011 and the way forward