Kirche - Konfession - Religion

English summary: This study takes account of the recent history and theology of the worldwide Pentecostal Movement from an intercultural as well as cultural science perspective. The point of reference is the international Pentecostal church Nzambe-Malamu, which originated in the DR Congo. Multiperspectivity is the methodological key to this research. Its analyses comprise a combination of intercultural theological, clerical--historical as well as ecclesiological and ecumenical...
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English summary: This study takes account of the recent history and theology of the worldwide Pentecostal Movement from an intercultural as well as cultural science perspective. The point of reference is the international Pentecostal church Nzambe-Malamu, which originated in the DR Congo. Multiperspectivity is the methodological key to this research. Its analyses comprise a combination of intercultural theological, clerical--historical as well as ecclesiological and ecumenical questions. These four theoretical dimensions converge in the Performance as the fifth and main analytical instrument. The objective is to take account of Nzambe-Malamu, its world-wide growth and its establishment in Europe as a migrant church in synchronic and diachronic perspective. With its performative religious acts, Nzambe-Malamu constantly reinvents itself on a continuum between fragility and empowerment. Generally we may understand the discursive network of relations of Nzambe-Malamu only if we take its self-descriptions seriously. german description: Dieser Studie geht es um die neuere Geschichte und Theologie der Pfingstbewegung in interkultureller und kulturwissenschaftlicher Sicht. Referenzpunkt ist die internationale, aus dem Kongo stammende Pfingstkirche Nzambe-Malamu. Multiperspektivitat ist der Schlussel, um einen Zugang zu ihr zu finden. Die Analyse erfolgt von interkulturell-theologischer, historisch-kirchengeschichtlicher sowie ekklesiologischer bzw. konfessionskundlich-okumenischer Warte. Diese vier Perspektiven konvergieren in der Performanz dieser Kirche. Es gilt, Nzambe-Malamu in historisch-synchroner wie -diachroner Hinsicht wahrzunehmen: in ihrer weltweiten Verbreitung und als Migrationskirche in Europa. Mit ihrem darstellenden religiosen Handeln erfindet sie sich immer wieder neu zwischen Fragilitat und Empowerment. Damit wird das diskursive Beziehungsgeschehen einer Pfingstkirche unter Konzentration auf ihre Selbstaussagen erkennbar.