Religion and Attitudes towards Life in South Africa
Pentecostals, Charismatics and Reborns- Authors:
- Series:
- Studien zu Ethnizität, Religion und Demokratie, Volume 13
- Publisher:
- 2012
Summary
Weltweit gewinnt die Pfingstbewegung immer mehr Anhänger – so auch in Südafrika. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Einstellungen der Mitglieder der neuen Pfingstkirchen, von Charismatikern und Wiedergeborenen zu Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik im Post-Apartheid-Südafrika sowie ihre Religiosität, ihr religiöses Selbstverständnis und ihr soziales Engagement. Dazu wurden Interviews mit Kirchenführern, eine landesweite Repräsentativbefragung – um auch einen Vergleich mit Mitgliedern anderer Kirchen zu ermöglichen –, sowie eine zusätzliche Befragung mit identischen Fragen unter Mitgliedern einer prototypischen neuen charismatischen Kirche in Soweto durchgeführt. Geprägt durch die Erfahrungen der Apartheid zeigen sich die Mitglieder der neuen Pfingstkirchen in Südafrika als demokratischer und der politischen Führung kritischer eingestellt als in anderen Ländern. Oft übernehmen die neuen Pfingstkirchen staatliche Aufgaben, dienen als soziales und wirtschaftliches Netzwerk für ihre aufstiegsorientierten Mitglieder, sehen sich aber gleichzeitig stark in der sozialen Verantwortung. Sie können eine wichtige Rolle beim weiteren Versöhnungsprozess in Südafrika spielen.
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Bibliographic data
- Edition
- 1/2012
- Copyright year
- 2012
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-8329-7049-9
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-8452-3796-1
- Publisher
- Nomos, Baden-Baden
- Series
- Studien zu Ethnizität, Religion und Demokratie
- Volume
- 13
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 214
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 8 Helga Dickow
- Introduction No access Pages 9 - 10 Helga Dickow
- Method No access Pages 10 - 11 Helga Dickow
- From single-church dominance to plurality: South Africa's church landscape No access Pages 11 - 12 Helga Dickow
- Dutch Reformed Churches No access Pages 12 - 14 Helga Dickow
- Other Protestant and Reformed Churches No access Pages 14 - 15 Helga Dickow
- Roman Catholic Church No access Pages 15 - 15 Helga Dickow
- African Indigenous/Initiated/Independent Churches No access Pages 15 - 17 Helga Dickow
- Old and New Pentecostal Churches No access Pages 17 - 20 Helga Dickow
- Method No access Pages 21 - 28 Helga Dickow
- Foundation and history No access Pages 28 - 29 Helga Dickow
- Growth No access Pages 29 - 30 Helga Dickow
- Composition of the membership No access Pages 30 - 31 Helga Dickow
- Organisation and leadership structures No access Pages 31 - 35 Helga Dickow
- Training No access Pages 35 - 36 Helga Dickow
- Church services No access Pages 36 - 38 Helga Dickow
- Altar call No access Pages 38 - 39 Helga Dickow
- Emphasis on the Holy Spirit No access Pages 39 - 42 Helga Dickow
- Attempts to differentiate: Pentecostal – charismatic No access Pages 42 - 46 Helga Dickow
- Cell group No access Pages 46 - 47 Helga Dickow
- Voluntary functions and integration of members into church life No access Pages 47 - 49 Helga Dickow
- Exploiting the new media No access Pages 49 - 49 Helga Dickow
- National and international organisation No access Pages 49 - 51 Helga Dickow
- Financing No access Pages 51 - 52 Helga Dickow
- Networking No access Pages 52 - 53 Helga Dickow
- Potential for prosperity No access Pages 53 - 56 Helga Dickow
- Social functions No access Pages 56 - 57 Helga Dickow
- Training and continuing education No access Pages 57 - 57 Helga Dickow
- Getting youth off the street No access Pages 57 - 58 Helga Dickow
- Consequences of the experiences of the apartheid era No access Pages 58 - 60 Helga Dickow
- Churches in the new South Africa No access Pages 60 - 62 Helga Dickow
- Controversial issues No access Pages 62 - 63 Helga Dickow
- South African constitution No access Pages 63 - 64 Helga Dickow
- Homosexuality/Abortion No access Pages 64 - 65 Helga Dickow
- Death penalty No access Pages 65 - 66 Helga Dickow
- Leadership/Abuse of power No access Pages 66 - 69 Helga Dickow
- Succession planning No access Pages 69 - 70 Helga Dickow
- Gender issues No access Pages 70 - 70 Helga Dickow
- Self-assessment No access Pages 70 - 74 Helga Dickow
- Assessment by other churches No access Pages 74 - 78 Helga Dickow
- Summary No access Pages 78 - 80 Helga Dickow
- Map of society: The social and economic break-down of the sample No access Pages 81 - 84 Helga Dickow
- The sociocultural break-down within the population groups No access Pages 84 - 87 Helga Dickow
- Does gender matter? No access Pages 87 - 87 Helga Dickow
- Peculiarities in marital status No access Pages 87 - 88 Helga Dickow
- Respondents’ age structure No access Pages 88 - 89 Helga Dickow
- Socio-economic break-down, urban-rural dichotomy and break-down by province No access Pages 89 - 91 Helga Dickow
- Education, occupation and income – mutually reinforcing factors also in South Africa No access Pages 91 - 92 Helga Dickow
- Denomination and social characteristics No access Pages 92 - 97 Helga Dickow
- Reborns and changing church No access Pages 97 - 101 Helga Dickow
- Religiosity No access Pages 101 - 107 Helga Dickow
- Religious tolerance and practice No access Pages 107 - 110 Helga Dickow
- Religion and politics No access Pages 110 - 116 Helga Dickow
- Changes as a result of being reborn No access Pages 116 - 118 Helga Dickow
- Self-experience and the appeal of the Charismatic Church No access Pages 118 - 124 Helga Dickow
- Theological orientations among Christians No access Pages 124 - 128 Helga Dickow
- People’s perceptions of themselves No access Pages 128 - 132 Helga Dickow
- Perceptions of other groups No access Pages 132 - 133 Helga Dickow
- Interreligious and interethnic marriages No access Pages 133 - 135 Helga Dickow
- Perceptions of conflict No access Pages 135 - 136 Helga Dickow
- Ethnic and cultural diversity No access Pages 136 - 140 Helga Dickow
- Factors of success and scarcities No access Pages 140 - 143 Helga Dickow
- Work, working environment and personal expectations No access Pages 143 - 147 Helga Dickow
- Social differences No access Pages 147 - 153 Helga Dickow
- Fear or confidence in the future No access Pages 153 - 157 Helga Dickow
- Powerlessness and change No access Pages 157 - 159 Helga Dickow
- Political information and perceptions of political problems No access Pages 159 - 166 Helga Dickow
- South African politicians and their followers No access Pages 166 - 169 Helga Dickow
- South Africa's political party landscape and the social profile of their voters No access Pages 169 - 175 Helga Dickow
- Democratic attitudes No access Pages 175 - 179 Helga Dickow
- Attitudes on political systems and administration No access Pages 179 - 182 Helga Dickow
- Forms of resistance and protest No access Pages 182 - 184 Helga Dickow
- Grace Bible Church No access Pages 184 - 185 Helga Dickow
- Itineraries: Paths leading to Grace Bible Church No access Pages 185 - 187 Helga Dickow
- Reasons for change of denomination No access Pages 187 - 188 Helga Dickow
- More religious than others No access Pages 188 - 189 Helga Dickow
- Have more fundamental beliefs than others No access Pages 189 - 191 Helga Dickow
- More socially engaged than others No access Pages 191 - 192 Helga Dickow
- Social capital and outlook on life No access Pages 192 - 196 Helga Dickow
- Status consciousness No access Pages 196 - 197 Helga Dickow
- Political orientations No access Pages 197 - 198 Helga Dickow
- Outlook on the future No access Pages 198 - 199 Helga Dickow
- Conclusion No access Pages 199 - 202 Helga Dickow
- Comparison between the representative sample and the subsample of charismatics and members of Grace Bible Church No access Pages 202 - 206 Helga Dickow
- Bibliography No access Pages 207 - 214 Helga Dickow
