Critiquing white ecclesial leadership in multiracial South African neo-Pentecostalism

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2023

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University of the Western Cape

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After twenty seven years of democracy in South Africa, many strides have been made in addressing equity, diversity and racial unity within the landscape of religious institutions. However, a prevailing question that remains is, how inclusive is the ecclesial leadership within this equitable and diverse setting of multi-racial churches in South Africa? Even though there is a huge body of knowledge on unity and race relations amongst churches in South Africa, much of the literature has focused on the so-called �mainline churches�, or better still, churches of Protestant and Roman Catholic heritage. Little, however, has been written from the Pentecostal perspective, especially with regards to ecclesial leadership. The purpose of this thesis is to understand and theorize the persistence of White ecclesial leadership in multiracial neo-Pentecostal churches.

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Magister Theologiae - MTh

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Neo- Pentecostalism, Apartheid, Diversity, Religion, South Africa

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