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Haustein, Jörg, Rakodi, Carole, Akhazemea, Daniel, Battcock, Mike, James, Rick and Währisch-Oblau, Claudia (2015) 'Roundtable: Pentecostalism and Development.' PentecoStudies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, 14 (2). pp. 241-260.

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Abstract

This article revisits central questions arising from Pentecostal actors’ development practices. These were raised during the final panel discussion of the 2014 GloPent conference on “Pentecostalism and Development”. The four panel participants, all development actors from various organisational and religious backgrounds, considered whether Pentecostal approaches to development work are distinctive, as well as identifying various benefits that can be gained from the engagement of Pentecostal churches in development and some challenges that arise during collaboration between development actors and Pentecostal churches. The discussion was conducted through two rounds of statements by the panel participants, complemented by editorial comments and reflections. It concludes that neither the Pentecostal approach to development nor Pentecostal churches’ links with development actors are necessarily distinctive. However, more exchanges are needed between Pentecostal organisations and their members, development practitioners working with Pentecostal churches and scholars of the Pentecostal movement to improve development work among Pentecostals, links between Pentecostals and other development actors and scholarly awareness of the most salient issues.

Item Type: Journal Article
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > School of History, Religions & Philosophies > Department of Religions & Philosophies
Legacy Departments > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Department of the Study of Religions
Legacy Departments > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Department of the Study of Religions > Centre of World Christianity
ISSN: 20413599
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1558/ptcs.v14i2.27220
Date Deposited: 08 Oct 2015 09:00
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/20989

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