There are more than one and a half billion people living in the poverty. The church has been acti... more There are more than one and a half billion people living in the poverty. The church has been active in the poverty reduction and defining poverty. Pentecostalism is a relatively young movement. The classical story tells Pentecostalism born in the early 1900s, but has since grown into a major movement. What is the Pentecostal theological view of poverty?
The theoretical framework in this Master Thesis is Pentecostalism, which is interpreted by Paul Freire's pedagogy. Based on Freire's banking education concept this paper argues that Pentecostal hermeneutics created Pentecostals, who see their role just as observers, not as active forces in issues of poverty. The research data is literature, where the unifying factor is the Bible, and poverty. The research data is analysed based on Freire's liberating education theory.
The research data shows that poverty was not God's original intention, nor the enormous wealth. Based on the data poverty can be reduced and it is a duty of every believer to be actively involved. Pentecostals believe that the Holy Spirit is actively helping in this. Equal gender roles helps to reduce poverty and this should be better taken into account in Pentecostal theology. This study gives a picture of the evolving Pentecostalism, but they may need to clarify their understanding of poverty. Hopefully issues that are raised in this Master Thesis will lead to the Pentecostal theology of poverty which leads to ending the injustice.
There are more than one and a half billion people living in the poverty. The church has been acti... more There are more than one and a half billion people living in the poverty. The church has been active in the poverty reduction and defining poverty. Pentecostalism is a relatively young movement. The classical story tells Pentecostalism born in the early 1900s, but has since grown into a major movement. What is the Pentecostal theological view of poverty?
The theoretical framework in this Master Thesis is Pentecostalism, which is interpreted by Paul Freire's pedagogy. Based on Freire's banking education concept this paper argues that Pentecostal hermeneutics created Pentecostals, who see their role just as observers, not as active forces in issues of poverty. The research data is literature, where the unifying factor is the Bible, and poverty. The research data is analysed based on Freire's liberating education theory.
The research data shows that poverty was not God's original intention, nor the enormous wealth. Based on the data poverty can be reduced and it is a duty of every believer to be actively involved. Pentecostals believe that the Holy Spirit is actively helping in this. Equal gender roles helps to reduce poverty and this should be better taken into account in Pentecostal theology. This study gives a picture of the evolving Pentecostalism, but they may need to clarify their understanding of poverty. Hopefully issues that are raised in this Master Thesis will lead to the Pentecostal theology of poverty which leads to ending the injustice.
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The theoretical framework in this Master Thesis is Pentecostalism, which is interpreted by Paul Freire's pedagogy. Based on Freire's banking education concept this paper argues that Pentecostal hermeneutics created Pentecostals, who see their role just as observers, not as active forces in issues of poverty. The research data is literature, where the unifying factor is the Bible, and poverty. The research data is analysed based on Freire's liberating education theory.
The research data shows that poverty was not God's original intention, nor the enormous wealth. Based on the data poverty can be reduced and it is a duty of every believer to be actively involved. Pentecostals believe that the Holy Spirit is actively helping in this. Equal gender roles helps to reduce poverty and this should be better taken into account in Pentecostal theology. This study gives a picture of the evolving Pentecostalism, but they may need to clarify their understanding of poverty. Hopefully issues that are raised in this Master Thesis will lead to the Pentecostal theology of poverty which leads to ending the injustice.
The theoretical framework in this Master Thesis is Pentecostalism, which is interpreted by Paul Freire's pedagogy. Based on Freire's banking education concept this paper argues that Pentecostal hermeneutics created Pentecostals, who see their role just as observers, not as active forces in issues of poverty. The research data is literature, where the unifying factor is the Bible, and poverty. The research data is analysed based on Freire's liberating education theory.
The research data shows that poverty was not God's original intention, nor the enormous wealth. Based on the data poverty can be reduced and it is a duty of every believer to be actively involved. Pentecostals believe that the Holy Spirit is actively helping in this. Equal gender roles helps to reduce poverty and this should be better taken into account in Pentecostal theology. This study gives a picture of the evolving Pentecostalism, but they may need to clarify their understanding of poverty. Hopefully issues that are raised in this Master Thesis will lead to the Pentecostal theology of poverty which leads to ending the injustice.