Missional Ecclesiology: Pentecostalism between Converting and Re-Converting

29 Oct 2024

Missional Ecclesiology: Pentecostalism between Converting and Re-Converting

Overview Pentecostalism has always functioned within a precarious space in which it has constantly sought to hold in creative tension its Christian identity and indigenous spiritual identity: While these aspects appear to complement each other, they are simultaneously in conflict:

Speaker Mutale Kaunda

About the speaker Mutale Mulenga Kaunda joined the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies in September 2024 as a Research Tutor. She is a former Doctoral Researcher at the University of KwaZulu-Natal 2017-2019 and the University of the Western Cape 2022-2024. She held the position of Research Mentor and Writing coach in the School of Religion Philosophy and Classics University of KwaZulu-Natal 2015-2019. She is an expert in gender rituals, an expert in how African women negotiate cultural dynamics in places of work.

Passage: Pentecostalism has always functioned within a precarious space in which it has constantly sought to hold in creative tension its Christian identity and indigenous spiritual identity: While these aspects appear to complement each other, they are simultaneously in conflict: