Religious Innovation and Prophetic Aesthetics in Congo

New Christianities in Africa
The Louzolo-Amour Movement
By Bernard Coyault
English

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
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