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Pastoral Interventions During the Pandemic


Pastoral Interventions During the Pandemic

Pentecostal Perspectives on Christian Ministry in South Africa

von: Mookgo Solomon Kgatle, Collium Banda

96,29 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 16.09.2022
ISBN/EAN: 9783031080340
Sprache: englisch

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<p>This book provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the challenges faced by pastoral ministry in South African Pentecostalism as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as some interventions being made to manage these challenges. Contributors present descriptive approaches to churches’ reactions to lockdown measures, and especially the adaptations generated within Pentecostalism in South Africa. Through a variety of approaches—including pastoral care, virtual ecclesiology, social media, and missiology—contributors offer intervention techniques which can help readers to understand the unique role of Christian ministry during the pandemic, in South Africa and beyond.</p><br><p></p>
<p>1. Introduction: Pastoral ministry during COVID19 in South African Pentecostalism [Kgatle & Vondey]<br>2. Virtual ecclesiology in light of the challenges posed by COVID-19 in South Africa<b>&nbsp; </b>[Perseverance Molehe]<br>3. The shutdown of Church services during COVID-19 in South Africa: a Social work perspective [Frank Rapholo]<br>4. Pentecostal pastoral calling and ministry in South Africa during COVID-19 [Paul Mngadi]<br>5. Caring for grieving congregations due to the death of their pastors to COVID-19 [Mangaliso Matshobane]<br>6<b>. </b>The subtle benefit of social gathering and its prominence during hard Lockdown: a pastoral care approach<b> </b>[Buti Mulutsi]<br>7. The use of social media during the spread COVID-19 in South Africa<b> </b>[Jonas Thinane]<br>8. The impact of Social media on the ‘Black’ church during COVID-19 [Mercy Bvuma]<br>9. Martin Luther’s hymn in the Global Pandemic of the 1520s: Pastoral ministry lessons for COVID-19 [Zuze Banda]<br>Epilogue [Kgatle & Vondey]</p>
<p><b>Mookgo Solomon Kgatle</b> is Professor at the University of South Africa. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) Y Rated researcher (2019-2024) in the area of African Pentecostalism. Additionally, he is the visiting scholar at the Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies-University of Birmingham (2020-2022) and founding President of the Southern African Society for Pentecostal Studies.</p>

<p><b>Collium Banda</b> is extraordinary research fellow at North-West University, South Africa, and adjunct lecturer at the Theological College of Zimbabwe. He is an emerging researcher with interests in African Pentecostalism, Christian doctrines in the African public space, African traditional religions, African indigenous knowledge systems and Christianity in African contexts.</p><br>
<p>“Not even the most imaginative novelist could have imagined the world created by the coronavirus pandemic. The face of the church also changed radically, challenging it to reinvent itself. In this volume, South African scholars meet these theological, practical, pastoral, liturgical, and institutional challenges from a Pentecostal perspective. They concentrate on the various dimensions of spirituality and pastoral care in the 'virtual church.' &nbsp;The work contributes to rethinking the 'new normal' of the post-Covid-19 church."<br>—<b>Marius Nel</b>, Research Chair - Ecumenism: Pentecostalism and Neo-Pentecostalism, North West University, South Africa</p><p></p><p>"A very relevant book! And another opportunity for people living in the North to learn from the South. The South African churches are doing a great job in the midst of a difficult economic situation."<br>—<b>Volker Kessler</b>, Gesellschaft für Bildung und Forschung in Europa, Germany</p><p>This book provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the challenges faced by pastoral ministry in South African Pentecostalism as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as some interventions being made to manage these challenges. Contributors present descriptive approaches to churches’ reactions to lockdown measures, and especially the adaptations generated within Pentecostalism in South Africa. Through a variety of approaches—including pastoral care, virtual ecclesiology, social media, and missiology—contributors offer intervention techniques which can help readers to understand the unique role of Christian ministry during the pandemic, in South Africa and beyond.</p><p><b>Mookgo Solomon&nbsp;Kgatle</b>&nbsp;is Professor at the University of South Africa. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) Y Rated researcher (2019-2024) in the area of African Pentecostalism. Additionally, he is the visiting scholar at the Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies-University of Birmingham (2020-2022) and founding President of the Southern African Society for Pentecostal Studies.<br> <br> <b>Collium Banda</b>&nbsp;is extraordinary research fellow at North-West University, South Africa, and adjunct lecturer at the Theological College of Zimbabwe. He is an emerging researcher with interests in African Pentecostalism, Christian doctrines in the African public space, African traditional religions, African indigenous knowledge systems and Christianity in African contexts.<br> <br><br></p><br><p></p>
<p>Explores Pentecostal Pastoral interventions during the coronavirus, focusing specifically on South Africa</p><p>Helps readers understand the role of Christian ministry during pandemics</p><p>Uses a variety of methods, including pastoral care, virtual ecclesiology, social media, and missiology</p>
<p>“Not even the most imaginative novelist could have imagined the world created by the coronavirus pandemic. The face of the church also changed radically, challenging it to reinvent itself. In this volume, South African scholars meet these theological, practical, pastoral, liturgical, and institutional challenges from a Pentecostal perspective. They concentrate on the various dimensions of spirituality and pastoral care in the 'virtual church.' &nbsp;The work contributes to rethinking the 'new normal' of the post-Covid-19 church." (Marius Nel, Research Chair - Ecumenism: Pentecostalism and Neo-Pentecostalism, North West University, South Africa)</p>

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<p>"A very relevant book! And another opportunity for people living in the North to learn from the South. The South African churches are doing a great job in the midst of a difficult economic situation."&nbsp; (Volker Kessler, Gesellschaft für Bildung und Forschung in Europa, Germany)</p>

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