Prophecy and Politics in South African Pentecostalism

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Prophecy and Politics in South African Pentecostalism is written by Mookgo Solomon Kgatle and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3031491599 (ISBN 10) and 9783031491597 (ISBN 13).

This book is an interdisciplinary study of the relationship between prophecy and politics in South African Pentecostalism. The role and the power of prophecy in enhancing the presence of politicians in the church square are unpacked through historical examples, as well as case studies of contemporary prophets. Solomon Kgatle argues that the influence of prophecy in politics has the potential to weaken the prophetic voice of the church in general and the Pentecostal movement in particular. He proposes a Pentecostal political theology of prophecy. This theology is developed by taking into cognizance the theoretical and theological frameworks of prophetic imagination and pneumatological imagination. In addition, this theology seeks a balance between prophecy and power and prophecy and sovereignty.