Religious Innovation and Prophetic Aesthetics in Congo
New Christianities in Africa
The Louzolo-Amour Movement
By Bernard CoyaultEnglish
The expansion of transnational African Pentecostal denominations tends to overshadow the dynamics specific to African Prophetism. In an ultra-competitive religious market dominated by revival churches, some emerging movements propose alternatives. For example, the Louzolo-Amour Association, arising out of the Kongo area’s prophetic lineage, stands out in its ability to respond to its followers’ need for solutions – whether therapeutic or meaningful, and in its theological inventiveness and ritual aesthetics. In the varied landscape of African Christian denominations, the Louzolo-Amour Association’s appeal rests on its offer to followers that they can live a religious adventure while incorporating a spiritual universe.
Keywords
- prophetism
- Congo
- dambage
- religious pluralism
- imagination
- religious innovation
- aesthetics