The Pentecostal–Charismatic Movement in Goa Today

2020 ◽  
pp. 56-101
Author(s):  
Savio Abreu
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Organization Structure ◽  
Causal Factor ◽  
Charismatic Movement ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Present Structure ◽  
Charismatic Authority ◽  
Pentecostal Churches ◽  
Charismatic Renewal ◽  
Catholic Charismatic Renewal

This chapter shifts back to the present structure and organization of the Catholic Charismatic and neo-Pentecostal movements. It draws more specifically from the fieldwork data on the Merces and Mapusa prayer groups of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) and the two neo-Pentecostal Churches, namely, the ROLC, Panjim, and the WRM, Siolim, to describe the Pentecostal–Charismatic movement in Goa today—the profile of its members, organization, structure, and activities. The profile of a typical Catholic Charismatic in Goa emerges from a questionnaire administered to them, while the two neo-Pentecostal Churches studied show lots of variations. The leadership model both in the CCR and among neo-Pentecostals echoes aspects of Weber’s model of Charismatic authority. The discussion on conversions showed that there was no single causal factor but a combination of leading factors, often mundane and set in the context of everyday life, that led to people joining the neo-Pentecostal Churches.

Le renouveau charismatique au Bresil

1978 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro A. Ribeiro De Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Religious Movement ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Charismatic Movement ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Bases ◽  
Charismatic Renewal ◽  
Spiritual Movement ◽  
Catholic Charismatic Renewal

This article, based upon a survey carried out in Brazil, is a study of the charismatic renewal as it presents itself within Brazilian Catholicism. First of all, it poses the question of the religious status of the members of this movement : the empirical data which have been gathered indicate clearly that the charismatic renewal is not a movement of conversion, but of re ~activation of Ca tholic spirituality. When we approach the problem of the social bases of the Catholic charismatic movement in Brazil, it appears that these bases are composed of the culturally and professionally privi ledged social strata. In this regard, the Charismatic renewal is clearly distinguished from the " popular Catholicism" widely present in the subordinate classes of society. The central theme of the Catholic charismatic renewal is that of liberation in Jesus-Christ. But this liberation is viewed in almost exclusively optimistic and intimistic terms. This corresponds well to the social position of the members of this movement which is composed of people whose basic needs — food, lodging, clothing — are satisfied. Does this necessarily lead to the conclusion that the Catholic charismatic renewal in Brazil is merely a spiritual movement ? This is by no means the case, for its function within Brazilian Catholicism as a whole could well be that of opposition to the liberation movement as it is conceived in basic Church communities. It thus would oppose the religious movement which is developing in a popular milieu and which views the question of the Kingdom of God as a reality which occurs within history, through the struggle against diverse forms of oppression and injustice.

Experiments of Inculturation in a Catholic Charismatic Movement in Cameroon

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludovic Lado
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Local Production ◽  
Charismatic Movement ◽  
Cultural Hybridization ◽  
Church Hierarchy ◽  
Charismatic Renewal ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Catholic Charismatic Renewal ◽  
The Church

This chapter looks at a particular instance of the local production of Catholicism in Cameroon by focusing on the agency of a ritual specialist and promoter of inculturation, Father Hebga, a Jesuit charismatic priest, who negotiates the related contradictions through ambiguous processes of religious and cultural hybridization. The leading pastoral concern at the heart of his praxis is the satisfaction of the needs of the faithful searching for healing in the framework of the catholic charismatic renewal. As one of the pioneers of Catholic charismatic renewal in Sub-Saharan Africa, Hebga’s agency mediates between the institutional constraints of the church hierarchy and the religious needs of the masses. The wider ideological framework is the discourse of Inculturation which has dominated theological debates in Africa Catholicism since the 1970s. In this context we see how Father Hebga operates as a cultural broker of postcolonial discourses, vying to restore the dignity of Africans violated by symbolic violence associated with the slave trade, colonization and Christian missionization.

Catholic Charismatic Renewal and Pentecostalism

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-66
Author(s):  
Opoku Onyinah
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Holy Spirit ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Charismatic Renewal ◽  
Pope John Xxiii ◽  
Catholic Charismatic Renewal

A new set of Pentecostal renewal started in the early twentieth century leading to the proliferation of Pentecostal denominations, and renewal movements within the then existing denominations. The beginning of this Pentecostal renewal has often been linked with the Bethel Bible School, which was started by Charles Fox Parham, and amplified by William Joseph Seymour at Azusa Street, Los Angeles, in the US. This article brings another dimension of the renewal by demonstrating that, for the Catholic Charismatics the outbreak of the Holy Spirit in the early twentieth century was partly an answer to the prayer of Pope Leo XIII. In addition, the Catholic Charismatic advocates consider the Pentecostal experience, dubbed Duquesne Weekend, which led to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movements as the answer to the prayer of Pope John XXIII at the Second Vatican. The considerations of the Catholic Charismatics are presented apparently as an affirmation of the sovereignty of God over his Church and the world.

The Catholic Charismatic Renewal Through the Eyes of St. Thomas Aquinas

2019 ◽  
Vol 137 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Newton
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Standard Interpretation ◽  
Charismatic Renewal ◽  
Catholic Charismatic Renewal ◽  
Theological Vision ◽  
The Catholic Church

The Catholic Charismatic Renewal has now passed its fiftieth birthday. Yet, it still seems very much on the fringes of the life of the Catholic Church. Perhaps one reason for this is that, for many Catholics, the Renewal appears to be, more or less, an innovation. One way to check the validity of that perception would be to take a look at the Renewal through the theology of one of the most mainstream of Catholic theologians, St. Thomas Aquinas. This is possible because Aquinas wrote about the charisms in a number of his works. The conclusion of this essay is that the key elements of the Renewal are conformable to the theological vision of St. Thomas. Nonetheless, there are a number of areas where Aquinas diverges from the standard interpretation of charismatic phenomena within the Renewal. This essay will side with Aquinas on some of these, but not all.

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