Dreams and visions in African Pentecostal spirituality: the Sub-Saharan horizon of the pneumatological imagination

"Euro-western descriptions of knowledge and its sources fall short of accommodating the spiritual, experiential terrain of the imagination. What of the embodied, affective knowing that characterizes Pentecostal epistemology, that is, the distinctive Pentecostal-Charismatic knowing derived from...

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Main Author: Droll, Anna M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2024]
Series:Global Pentecostal and charismatic studies volume 45
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:"Euro-western descriptions of knowledge and its sources fall short of accommodating the spiritual, experiential terrain of the imagination. What of the embodied, affective knowing that characterizes Pentecostal epistemology, that is, the distinctive Pentecostal-Charismatic knowing derived from dreams and visions (D/Vs)? In this stunning ethnographic work, the author merges African scholarship with an investigation of what visioners say about the significance of their D/Vs for Christian life and spirituality. Revealing data showcases case studies for their biblical and theological articulations of the value of D/V experiences and affirms them as sources of Pentecostal love, ministerial agency, and the missionary impulse"--
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XII, 225 Seiten)
ISBN:9789004541221
DOI:10.1163/9789004541221