Dreams and Visions in African Pentecostal Spirituality : : The Sub-Saharan Horizon of the Pneumatological Imagination.

• Superior document: Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies ; v.45
• Author: Droll, Anna M.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (242 pages)

"Euro-western descriptions of knowledge and its sources fall short of accommodating the spiritual, experiential terrain of the imagination. What of the embodied, affective knowing that characterizes Pentecostal epistemology, that is, the distinctive Pentecostal-Charismatic knowing derived from dreams and visions (D/Vs)? In this stunning ethnographic work, the author merges African scholarship with an investigation of what visioners say about the significance of their D/Vs for Christian life and spirituality. Revealing data showcases case studies for their biblical and theological articulations of the value of D/V experiences and affirms them as sources of Pentecostal love, ministerial agency, and the missionary impulse"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Dreams and Visions in African Pentecostal Spirituality -- 1 Dreams, Visions, and Pentecostal Epistemology -- 1.1 Dreams and Visions in Africa: Piercing the Veil for Pentecostal Knowing -- 1.2 A Dream in Dar es Salaam -- 2 Methodology: Mark J. Cartledge: Practical Theology for Charismatic Practitioners -- 2.1 Renewal Methodologies -- 2.2 Renewalist Hermeneutics -- 2.3 Experience and Affectivity -- 3 Concepts for Exploring Dream and Vision Narratives -- 3.1 The Big Dream and the Spontaneous Dream or Vision Narrative -- 3.2 Root Metaphor and Piercing the Veil -- 3.3 Populations, Codes, Frequencies, and Associations for Narrative Analyses -- 4 Author's Location, Thesis, and Map of This Book -- Chapter 2 Dreams, Visions, and Near East Religions -- 1 Dreams and Visions and Hebraic Theology -- 1.1 Dreams, Visions, and Patriarchs -- 1.2 Dreams, Visions, Kings, and Prophets -- 1.3 Dreams and Visions in the Apocrypha and Jewish Thought -- 2 Dreams and Visions in Christianity -- 2.1 Dreams and Visions in the New Testament and Early Church -- 2.2 Dreams and Visions in Late Patristic Thought -- 2.3 Aquinas, Kant, and Swedenborg on Dreams and Visions -- 3 Dreams and Visions in Islam -- 3.1 Dreams and Visions in the Qurʾān and Hadith -- 3.2 Dream Manuals and Their Transmission in Islam -- 3.3 Dreams and Visions as Legitimizing Elements in Islam -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Dreams and Visions in African Contexts -- 1 Dreams in Traditional African Religions -- 1.1 Dreaming and the Akan -- 1.2 Dreams and the Diola of Senegambia -- 1.3 Islam and Dreaming among the Tukolor Weavers -- 2 Dreams and Visions in the AIC s and among Zambian Baptists -- 2.1 Dreams and Visions in New Movements of West Africa.

2.2 Dreams and Visions and the Bantu Prophets -- 2.3 Dreams and Visions among Zambian Baptists -- 3 Opoku Onyinah on Pentecostal Dreams, Prophecy, and Angels -- 3.1 The Role of Dreams and Visions in Abisa -- 3.2 The Sleeping State and the Diagnosis of Witchdemonology -- 3.3 The Sleeping State and Angelology -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Epistemology: African Perspectives -- 1 Knowledge, Ontology, and the Holy Spirit -- 1.1 Voices from African Studies -- 1.2 Voices from African Christianity -- 1.3 The Holy Spirit and Knowing -- 2 Nigerian Perspectives for Dreams and Visions Analyses -- 2.1 Pentecostal Principle and Emergence for Dreams and Visions Analyses -- 2.2 Piercing the Veil for Dreams and Visions Analyses -- 2.3 Spiritual Warfare and Dreams and Visions -- 3 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Big Dreams of African Pentecostals: Visionary Impact and the Christian Life -- 1 Continuity and Discontinuity: Dreams and Visions and the Spirit in Africa -- 1.1 Spirit Hermeneutics and Universal Dreams -- 1.2 The Spirit and Ancestor Dreams -- 1.3 The Agency of the Spirit and Pentecostal Visioners -- 2 Dreams and Visions and the Christian Life -- 2.1 Visioners and Spirit-Word-Community -- 2.2 Dreams, Visions and Practical Spirituality -- 2.3 Attitudes in the Church toward Dreams and Visions -- 3 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Dreams and Visions and the Pentecostal Warrior: Prayer, Identity, and Agency -- 1 Dreams and Visions and the Pentecostal Pray-er -- 1.1 Dreams and Visions and the Pentecostal Warrior -- 1.2 The DAME Dream or Vision and Pentecostal Agency -- 2 Dreams and Visions and Pentecostal Agency -- 2.1 The Agency of Visionary Women -- 2.2 Visionary Love and Ministerial Agency -- 2.3 The Visionary Church and Missionary Agency -- 3 Conclusion -- Chapter 7 African Dreams and Visions for Pentecostal Epistemologies -- 1 African Dreams for African Pentecostal Theology.

2 African Dreams for Western Pentecostal Epistemologies -- 2.1 Religious Language and Hearing God's Voice -- 2.2 Relational Knowing and Orthopathy -- 2.3 Embodied Knowing -- 2.4 Knowing in the Trialectic of Spirit-Word-Community -- 3 Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Conclusion: Dreams, Visions, and the Missiological Spirit -- Appendix 1 Written Survey and Interview Guide -- Appendix 2 Coding for Surveys and Personal Interviews -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.