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Ethical Audit of Prosperity Gospel: Psychological Manipulation or Social Ministry

Ethical Audit of Prosperity Gospel: Psychological Manipulation or Social Ministry

Essien D. Essien
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781799824572|ISBN10: 1799824578|EISBN13: 9781799824589
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2457-2.ch009
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Essien, Essien D. "Ethical Audit of Prosperity Gospel: Psychological Manipulation or Social Ministry." Religion and Theology: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 131-146. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2457-2.ch009

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Essien, E. D. (2020). Ethical Audit of Prosperity Gospel: Psychological Manipulation or Social Ministry. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Religion and Theology: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 131-146). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2457-2.ch009

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Essien, Essien D. "Ethical Audit of Prosperity Gospel: Psychological Manipulation or Social Ministry." In Religion and Theology: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 131-146. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2457-2.ch009

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Abstract

Emerging manifestations in contemporary studies regarding Pentecostal spirituality in Africa reveals two dramatic findings for scholarship. First, success in the Christian world is defined by prosperity gospel replete with economic message that wealth is a sign of God's blessing and a compensation for prayer as well as “sowing of seed”. Second, the notion of an abundant God and the propensity to claim innocence of any motive other than fulfilling God's will for human beings. Drawing upon an extensive contemporary research on prosperity doctrine and based on content analysis, this article examines prosperity teachings and claims and identifies ethical issues that relate to the doctrine. Findings reveals that though prosperity preachers use Bible to support their claims, prosperity gospel does not surmount social misery, poverty and corruption, rather, it entrenches the ills as exemplified in excessive incomes, lavish and flamboyant lifestyles of church leaders at the expense of impoverished church members.

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