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Sacred and secular currents for theological education in Africa
Okesson, Gregg A.
Okesson, Gregg A.
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"In 1965 Harvey Cox wrote Secular City, which chronicled the increasing secularisation of society and the need for talking about God in distinctly nonspiritual ways. Over the years, Cox slowly began to change his views on this subject, culminating in one of his most recent books, Fire from Heaven, where he explores the rise of global forms of Pentecostalism. In the Introduction to this book he says, 'We are definitely in a period of renewed religious vitality, another "great awakening" if you will, with all the promise and peril religious revivals always bring with them, but this time on a world scale' . 1 This 'turn about' in Cox's writings is representative of many contemporary religious thinkers, especially in light of the rise of new religious movements (often linked formally or informally with Pentecostalism). Hence, the secularisation thesis, vigorously argued and defended over the past thirty years, is being contested and reshaped by resurgent forms of global religiosity. "
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2007
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