“From fools for christ to fools for politicians”: A critique of Zambian pentecostal theopolitical imagination

Chammah J. Kaunda

doi:10.1177/2396939317730694

“From fools for christ to fools for politicians”: A critique of Zambian pentecostal theopolitical imagination

Chammah J. Kaunda

United Graduate School of Theology

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Abstract

This study analyzes how Zambian Pentecostals understand the meaning of the Declaration (i.e., a 1991 statement by President Chiluba that Zambia is a Christian nation) in relation to politics. Employing empirical missiological approach, the study demonstrates that Pentecostals hold to two diverging political perspectives— transforming politics from within and maintaining a subversive political imagination.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	296-311
Number of pages	16
Journal	International Bulletin of Mission Research
Volume	41
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2396939317730694
Publication status	Published - 2017 Oct

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The author received research grants from the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, which were funded by the John Templeton Foundation, West Conshohocken, PA.

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