Spirit and healing in Africa: Some possibilities for a reformed pneumatological perspective
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17570/ngtt.2009.v50n3.a20Keywords:
Healing, Holy Spirit, Pneumatology, Power, Relationality, SufferingAbstract
The current state of Reformed pneumatology is an open invitation to explore the largely undeveloped relationship between the Holy Spirit and healing. Within the African context there are multiple prominent ideas about health and healing present, and these health ideas can be viewed as constituents of a hermeneutical key in theological reflection on healing. The various health discourses in the African context provide at least three parameters of healing as African hermeneutical category: relationality, suffering, and power. When related to Spirit-centred theology, these dimensions of healing bring about new possibilities for a Reformed pneumatological perspective.
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2009-12-31
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