The Paradox of Becoming

Reviews / Votes

"Pentecostal theologies and philosophies are evolving disciplines. This is both a ground- and path-breaking study that takes the study of planetary pneumatology through African primal or indigenous philosophical thought seriously. Chammah Kaunda throws us a heartwarming challenge for Pentecostal theology and philosophy to take seriously the groanings of creation foisted on the cosmos by human brokenness and the demystification of the primordial sacred order through the human disregard for that on which our destiny rests."
-J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Baeta-Grau Professor of African Christianity and Pentecostal Theology, Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana "In The Paradox of Becoming: Pentecostalicity, Planetarity, and Africanity, Kaunda does Pentecostalism a great and fundamental service by bringing it into critical engagement not only with the emerging trope of planetary re-imagination of human possibilities, but by also enlivening the boundary of humanity and African Pentecostalism through attention to a Muntu-African narrative of becoming and liberation. This is a book that opens up multiple conversations that deeply disrupt our many certainties about theology, society, sacredness and humanity itself."
-Adeshina Afolayan, Professor of African Philosophy, University of Ibadan "The Paradox of Becoming offers an important and creative new perspective on Pentecostal theology that will challenge existing ways of thinking in this field. The author offers a bold statement for a Pentecostalicity that has critical insights and implications for how we think about identity and being human that is rooted in African worldviews, but with applications for all people across the globe. This is a must read!"
-Anthony G. Reddie, Director of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture, Regent's Park College, The University of Oxford