Abstract
A popular and growing feature of contemporary neo-Pentecostal Christianity in Ghana are regular deliverance practices in search for solutions to diverse forms of existential predicaments, known in Pentecostal diction as afflictions. Pastor-prophets have become very popular for these practices with thousands of deliverance seekers attending one deliverance service or the other in search for solutions that these pastor-prophets proffer. Using ethnographic semi-structured interviews, this article examines the phenomenon of deliverance practices within neo-Pentecostalism in Ghana, and particularly focuses on the authority of pastor-prophets around which the activities of deliverance evolve. Findings indicate that supernatural authority and attaining of breakthroughs over life’s predicaments, become the barometer and legitimacy for the authority of pastor-prophets.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 155-175 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Keywords
- Deliverance practices
- charismatic authority
- deliverance seekers
- neo-Pentecostalism
- pastor-prophet authority
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