1st Edition

The Fourth Pentecostal Wave in South Africa A Critical Engagement

By Solomon Kgatle Copyright 2020
200 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

This book critically examines contemporary Pentecostalism in South Africa and its influence on some of the countries that surround it. Pentecostalism plays a significant role in the religious life of this region and so evaluating its impact is key to understanding how religion functions in Twenty-First Century Africa. Beginning with an overview of the roots of Pentecostalism in... Read more

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations


1 Introducing the Pentecostal Waves


2 The fourth wave


3 The Faces of the fourth wave


4 The Catalyst of the fourth wave


5 The Strengths of the fourth wave


6 The weaknesses of the fourth wave


7 The abuse of religion and the gullibility of society


8 Reflections on the weaknesses of the fourth wave

Epilogue

References

Biography

Dr Solomon Kgatle is a Senior Lecturer of Missiology at the Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa since 2017. He is an emerging young researcher in the focus area of African Pentecostal Christianity. Kgatle has published extensively and has presented papers in local and international conferences in the same focus area. In this book, Kgatle looks at the new developments of Pentecostalism from a South African perspective. He is an ordained pastor of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa.