Prophecy, Pentecostals and South Africa’s Socio-economic Inequality
Author(s): Marius Nel (North-West University, South Africa)
Published in: African Journal of Pentecostal Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2024)
DOI: 10.4102/ajops.v1i1.14
Abstract
What does prophetic ministry become in a society of extreme inequality? Nel examines the practice of prophecy among South African Pentecostals against the country’s socio-economic conditions, and asks whether the prophetic word functions as consolation, as commodity, or as critique. The question travels: the Brazilian reader will recognise the terrain immediately.


