Modern african pentecostal discourse: a textual analysis of prayer texts of a Word of Life Church senior pastor
As the rampant forces of global capitalism relentlessly turn the world into a global village where the socio-economically weak are mercilessly marginalised, Southern Africa experiences a return to spiritualism as a strategy to ensure a sense of security and prosperity despite a gloomy material progn...
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| description | As the rampant forces of global capitalism relentlessly turn the world into a global village where the socio-economically weak are mercilessly marginalised, Southern Africa experiences a return to spiritualism as a strategy to ensure a sense of security and prosperity despite a gloomy material prognosis. Modern African Pentecostalism flourishes in Lesotho thanks to a discourse that seeks to portray the spirit world as real, tangible and controllable by the ‘anointed’ human being. This paper looks at the prayer text of a Word of Life Church Senior Pastor and co-founder from a perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis. The paper finds that her text depends heavily on contextualisation through the use of indexical meanings to “naturalise” Modern African Pentecostal discourse. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-11372022-06-27T13:49:07Z Modern african pentecostal discourse: a textual analysis of prayer texts of a Word of Life Church senior pastor Manyawu, Andrew T. Global capitalism Southern Africa As the rampant forces of global capitalism relentlessly turn the world into a global village where the socio-economically weak are mercilessly marginalised, Southern Africa experiences a return to spiritualism as a strategy to ensure a sense of security and prosperity despite a gloomy material prognosis. Modern African Pentecostalism flourishes in Lesotho thanks to a discourse that seeks to portray the spirit world as real, tangible and controllable by the ‘anointed’ human being. This paper looks at the prayer text of a Word of Life Church Senior Pastor and co-founder from a perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis. The paper finds that her text depends heavily on contextualisation through the use of indexical meanings to “naturalise” Modern African Pentecostal discourse. 2016-04-28T14:35:27Z 2016-04-28T14:35:27Z 2008 Article 1024-4190 http://dx.doi.org.access.msu.ac.zw:2048/10.4314/rosas.v12i1-2.53636 en Review of Southern African Studies;Vol. 12, No. 1-2; p.1-29 none Institute of Southern African Studies |
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