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Pacifism and Pentecostals in South Africa A new hermeneutic for nonviolence
By Marius Nel
Copyright 2018
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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Most of the early twentieth-century Pentecostal denominations were peace churches that encouraged a stance of conscientious objection. However, since the Second World War Pentecostals have largely abandoned their pacifist viewpoint as they have taken on a more literal Biblical hermeneutic from their interaction with Evangelical denominations. This book traces the history of nonviolence in... Read more
Foreword by Stanley Hauerwas; By way of introduction: Motivation for study 1 Church and war: A change in hermeneutical stance among Pentecostals 2 The Bible and violence, and Christians 3 Ideology as violence: Apartheid as a case study 4 A distinctive Pentecostal hermeneutic? 5 The theory and theology of just war: A Pentecostal reflection 6 Synthesis
Biography
Marius Nel is a Research professor at North-West University, South Africa. He has written numberous articles on Biblical Studies and hermeneutics and contributed to several collections including the Oxford Dictionary of the Bible and Ethics. His own books include Aspects of Pentecostal Theology (2015).
