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"Jesus Power - Super-Power!" On the Interface Between Christian Fundamentalism and New Religious Movements in Africa

"Jesus Power - Super-Power!" On the Interface Between Christian Fundamentalism and New Religious... 56 Klaus Hock "JESUS POWER - SUPER-POWER!" ON THE INTERFACE BETWEEN CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISM AND NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN AFRICA In the course of the last decades, the usage of the term "fundamentalism" has been inflated exorbitantly: in the 70s, the term started to transgress its original meaning and became a label attached to radical political movements in the Muslim world. Later, its meaning was subject to further expansion, describing a general attitude of intransigence and intolerance in any given religious or political context. As far as Christianity is concerned, "fundamentalism" refers to religious movements which as allegedly "fitndamentalist movements" pose a major challenge to the established churches. This challenge seems to have a global dimension: not only in the US do the so-called Electronic Churches and radical conservative groups of evangelical, pentecostal or charismatic provenance exhibit a significant church growth at the expense of the mainline churches - also in Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Pacific, "fundamentalist move- ments" enjoy increasing membership at the expense of the mainline churches. Africa south of the Sahara seems to be a primary target of this fundamen- talist attack. First and foremost the ecumenical churches feel threatened by the impact of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mission Studies Brill

"Jesus Power - Super-Power!" On the Interface Between Christian Fundamentalism and New Religious Movements in Africa

Hock, Klaus
Mission Studies , Volume 12 (1): 56 – Jan 1, 1995
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© 1995 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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56 Klaus Hock "JESUS POWER - SUPER-POWER!" ON THE INTERFACE BETWEEN CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALISM AND NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS IN AFRICA In the course of the last decades, the usage of the term "fundamentalism" has been inflated exorbitantly: in the 70s, the term started to transgress its original meaning and became a label attached to radical political movements in the Muslim world. Later, its meaning was subject to further expansion, describing a general attitude of intransigence and intolerance in any given religious or political context. As far as Christianity is concerned, "fundamentalism" refers to religious movements which as allegedly "fitndamentalist movements" pose a major challenge to the established churches. This challenge seems to have a global dimension: not only in the US do the so-called Electronic Churches and radical conservative groups of evangelical, pentecostal or charismatic provenance exhibit a significant church growth at the expense of the mainline churches - also in Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Pacific, "fundamentalist move- ments" enjoy increasing membership at the expense of the mainline churches. Africa south of the Sahara seems to be a primary target of this fundamen- talist attack. First and foremost the ecumenical churches feel threatened by the impact of

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