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Your Body is a Temple: Conversion Narratives in African-Led Eastern European Pentecostalism
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Asamoah-Gyadu, J. Kwabena |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | The word conversion has a multitude of meanings within religions. For Pentecostal Christianity in particular it is spoken of essentially as an external act of religious change. In Pentecostalism, therefore, to convert is to move to the Christian faith and it usually implies making a personal decision for Jesus Christ. In the Church of the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for all Nations, a majority of its members have gone through this transition and in the process presented their human bodies to God as temples within which His Spirit now comes to dwell. The metaphor of the body is particularly strong in Pauline thought and it is one that enables a useful appreciation of conversion in Pentecostal spirituality. |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| Ending Page | 14 |
| Page Count | 14 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11089-008-0169-3 |
| Volume Number | 58 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.urbanlab.org/articles/Asamoah%20G.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-008-0169-3 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
