02754cam a2200397Mu 4500 ocn956378356 OCoLC 20201023150620.0 140929s2013 sa om 000 0 eng d P4A eng P4A OCLCQ P4A OCLCQ OCLCO OCL ZAAPA (OCoLC)956378356 ZAAA Tawengwa, Taurayi Tungamirayi. The social functions of religion in a Charismatic church in Pretoria : a case study / Taurayi Tungamirayi Tawengwa. 2013. �2013 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier MSocSci University of Pretoria 2013 Open access content Open access content star Unrestricted. The objective of this case study is to explore the social functions performed by a Charismatic church in central Pretoria for its congregants and for its surrounding community. The growth of the Charismatic movement and the wealth ministry in recent years and the subsequent notoriety of the prosperity gospel, (especially popular within the Charismatic church movement) which encourages people to give tithes and offerings as a pre-requisite for material blessings are the fundamental motivators of the study. The study seeks to understand how the church, through its creed and sermons affects and shapes the social behaviour of its members, and its impact on socially relevant issues facing the surrounding community. The respondents are members of the church's congregation of varying ages, nationalities and class. They were identified by making use of the snowball selection method. The key finding is that although the wealth ministry and prosperity gospel are generally associated with Charismatic churches, material gain is not the main emphasis of every Charismatic church's ministry, and in fact, this Charismatic church offers its members and the community more non-material and intangible spiritual benefits. Charismatic church in pretoria. Material blessings. Offerings. Prosperity gospel. Social functions. Tithes. Wealth ministry. UCTD. Academic theses. fast (OCoLC)fst01726453 Academic theses. lcgft http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27596 Thesis full text online C0 ZAAPA 49702 49702 0 0 ddc 0 1 DAPA DAPA 2020-10-27 M- Verhandeling 0 362 TAW APA009034 2020-10-27 1 2020-10-27 REF