1st Edition

Prophetism from Scripture to Practice African and Afro-Caribbean Perspectives

Edited By Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh Copyright 2026
118 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

This book critically examines the relationship between prophetic practices in the Bible and contemporary prophetism in African Christianity. Pentecostalism continues to evolve across Africa with its beliefs and practices mimicking the older and well-established Christian denominations, along with the emergence of newer versions of prophetism or neo-prophetism. The contributions analyse the... Read more

1. General Introduction  2. The Rhetoric of Conceptual Blending of Prophetism in Acts 21:1-16: Relevance for Prophetism in Ghana  3. Comparative Explorations of the Portrait of Vulnerability in the Prophetic Persona in Jeremiah’s Oracles and Nigerian Pentecostalism  4.Re-reading Acts 8:9-25 in Relation to Prophetic Practices in New Generational Churches in Nigeria  5. Judeo-Christian Prophetism in Haiti:  A Cultural Revitalisation Current since 1996   6. Prophetic Practices as a Fast-Growing Venture: Ethical Issues of Prophecy in Nigeria  7.  The Place of Gomer in Prophecy: A Re-reading of Hosea’s Prophetic Ministry in the Nigerian Context.

Biography

Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh is an Associate Professor of New Testament Studies and Biblical Interpretation and the President of Alpha University College, Ghana. He is also adjunct faculty at Trinity Theological Seminary in Ghana and a research associate in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.