Commercialisation of religion in South Africa : a pentecostal approach / Mookgo Solomon Kgatle, Jonas Sello Thinane, Chammah J. Kaunda, editors.
Kgatle, Mookgo S., editor.; Thinane, Jonas Sello, editor.; Kaunda, Chammah (Chammah J.), editor.
2023
BR1644.5.S6
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Title Commercialisation of religion in South Africa : a pentecostal approach / Mookgo Solomon Kgatle, Jonas Sello Thinane, Chammah J. Kaunda, editors.
ISBN 9783031418372 (electronic bk.)
3031418379 (electronic bk.)
9783031418365
3031418360
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41837-2
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 299 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-41837-2 doi
Call Number BR1644.5.S6
Dewey Decimal Classification 269/.40968
Summary Aspects of the 2017 Final Report of the South African Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) have drawn strong criticism, particularly from South African scholars, politicians and the public. The criticism is largely regarding the constitutionality of its recommendation, which calls for regulation of the Religion to combat its abuse and commercialization. Scholars have criticized the CRL Rights Commission for hastening its investigation and releasing the final report without having a substantive understanding of what is meant by the commercialization of religion, and consequently the unconstitutional implications of the recommendation, to regulate religion. A close reading of this critique has pointed to the urgent need to assemble a cumulative body of research that examines and advances understanding of what is meant by the commercialization of religion. Accordingly, this book gathers scholarly contributions which offer valuable insights into the basics of what is meant by the commercialization of religion. Contributors examine this phenomenon from the historical roots to the manifestation in the contemporary world, particularly in South Africa. Mookgo Solomon Kgatle is a Professor at the Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, University of South Africa, and a National Research Foundation (NRF) Y-Rated researcher (2019-2024) in African Pentecostalism. Sello Jonas Thinane is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of South Africa. Chammah J. Kaunda is Assistant Professor of World Christianity and Mission Studies at Yonsei University, Korean Republic. He is also an Extraordinary Professor at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, and a Research Fellow for the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research.
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Thinane, Jonas Sello, editor.
Kaunda, Chammah (Chammah J.), editor.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Part 1 : The use of Biblical texts in perpetuating the commercialisation of religion
Chapter 2: A Piece Of Silver For The Man Of God To Tell Us The Way To Go (1 Sam 9:6-13). -Chapter 3: Serving money over God in Matthew 6:24. - Chapter 4: "The love of money is 'NOT' the root of all evil": some Neo-Pentecostal pastors contradicting 1 Timothy 6:10 in support of materialism
Part 2: Prosperity gospel and the commercialisation of religion
Chapter 5: The business practices of Africa's prosperity teachers
Chapter 6: Newschapter Opinion Pieces on Prosperity Gospel in South Africa: Critical Reflections, Representations, and Ideology
Chapter 7: Manipulation of the prosperity message through the sales of sacred products
Part 3: The economic challenges and commercialisation of religion
Chapter 8: Socio-economic conditions: The rationale behind the financial abuses
Chapter 9: The Gospel and Money
Chapter 10: The riches of some Neo-pentecostal pastors versus 'Moruti le tlala'
Chapter 11: Community empowerment in contrast to individual success among Neo- Pentecostal pastors in South Africa
Part 4: Theological reflections and implications on the commercialisation of religion
Chapter 12: Commercial Praxis within Neo-Pentecostal Churches: A Practical Theological Assessment
Chapter 13: Let us make God in our own image: Reflections on uncommon practices in some Neo-Charismatic/Pentecostal Churches in South Africa
Chapter 14: The impact of the African traditional belief systems on congregants in promoting commercialisation of Christian religious services
Part 5: The commercialisation and the regulation of religion
Chapter 15: The violation of the South African Revenue Services by some Neo-Pentecostal pastors
Chapter 16: Regulating inimical religious practices and protecting religious freedoms: Practical realities and a constitutional conundrum.

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