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The Church and Cultural Reconstruction for Development in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2023 Increasingly, Christianity is becoming the majority religion in many Sub-Saharan African countries. The impressive number of adherents of the faith however, in most cases, is at odds with the cultural beliefs and practices of the peoples of these nations.
Komi Ahiatroga Hiagbe
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Die invloed van die Christelike geloof op die Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing
In die Skriflig, 2008 The influence of Christianity on the South African society It was not the intention of the first Christians to change the world, but their behaviour soon influenced society.
E. Oliver
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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2012 There is so much alienation, pain and suffering in our today s world. In this vein, African Christianity, a voice amongst many voices, should seek to be a transformational religion for the whole of life, affecting all facets of human life towards a ...
Musonda Bwalya
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Toward an African-Christian Demonology: The Demonologies of African Traditional Religion, African Christianity, and Early Christianity in Dialogue [PDF]
Missionalia, 2017 Christian interactions with the spirit-world of African traditional religion (ATR) have remained problematic due, in part, to the failure of Christian missionaries to understand in detail the cosmology of ATR and the angelologies and demonologies of early Christianity. In this article I suggest a way beyond this impasse.
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Christianity, paranormal belief and personality: a study among 13- to 16-year-old pupils in England and Wales [PDF]
, 2009 Studies concerning the changing landscapes of religiosity and spirituality in the lives of young people in England and Wales draw attention to decline in traditional religiosity and to growth in alternative spiritualities.
Robbins, Mandy +2 more
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Applying Paul’s Theological and Ethical Teachings in Romans 12:1 to an African Context
International Journal of Social Science and Religion, 2023 One of the key challenges facing Christianity in contemporary Africa is ineffective discipleship. The African church has won many converts in recent times and yet, the continent is among the least performing continents in terms of socio-economic ...
Isaac Boaheng
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A Hermeneutic Analysis of Selected Yorùbá Pentecostal Songs
Yoruba Studies Review, 2023 The Christianity that reached Africa, especially the sub-Saharan region, had undergone several stages of inculturation and re-organization. The changing social, political, and cultural situation of the people had a tremendous impact on the Christian ...
George Olusola Ajibade
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African Christianity : an African story [PDF]
, 2005 1. The shape and flow of African church historiography -- 2. African Christianity: an overview -- 3. Early Christianity in North Africa -- 4. Christianity in Sudan and Ethiopia -- 5. Islamic challenges in African Christianity -- 6.
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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Re-Africanizing the African: Indigenising the Christianity on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro
, 2009 Christianity has recently been implicated in the dissolution of the traditional African identity. These assertions potentially establish a reverse discourse that undervalues and peripheralizes the contemporaneous African identity.
Clack, T, T Clack
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