Monday, November 16, 2009

Reflection on 11-16

Bolger: "Liberation theology preferred the poor but the poor preferred Pentecostalism"

I have heard elsewhere that the poor have a general affinity to Pentecostalism. I have heard many reasons as to why this is so, but still I wonder, do the rich not have this general affinity towards Pentecostalism? Why might they not? Does Jesus' critique of the Laodicean church suffice as an answer? Do riches make people feel as if everything is hunky-dory, thereby leading to less of a fascination with evil spirits? The focus on evil spirits is, after all, one of the reasons that the poor are attracted to Pentecostalism.

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