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Cruciform Theology and its Implications for African Christianity [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
Christianity has, since the beginning of the 20th century, experienced an unmatched numerical growth in Africa. Presently, Africa occupies a central position in global Christianity, as evidenced by the active involvement of numerous African churches in ...
Isaac Boaheng
doaj   +1 more source

Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 2, no. 4 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1. The Martyrdom of Bernard Mizeki. 2. Bernard Mizeki. 3.
Quinn, Frederick   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Rainforest conversion to monoculture plantations restructures functional communities of braconid parasitoid wasps

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
The conversion of rainforests into rubber and oil palm plantations drives biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia. Parasitoid wasps are highly diverse and play an essential role in ecosystems by regulating herbivore populations. Declines in density and diversity of parasitoid wasps, after land‐use change is well‐documented, but potential functional losses ...
Azru Azhar   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Power-Purity Pneumatology for African Pentecostalism

open access: yesAfrican Theological Journal for Church and Society
Africa once again occupies a strategic place in the history of Christianity as one of its chief centres when the religion is somewhat receding in the West.
Abel A. Alamu
doaj  

The Influence of African Traditional Beliefs and Practices on Neo-Prophetic Christianity: An Analysis [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
The rapid expansion of the neo-prophetic strand of Pentecostal and Charismatic churches in Africa has resulted in much public and academic scrutiny against the backdrop of perceived appropriation of elements of indigenous African faith.
Prince Osei Yeboah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Mexico City Policy in US Development Policy and Its Backlash‐Frontlash‐Logic

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Mexico City Policy provides for the discontinuation of U.S. government funding for foreign non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) that provide legal abortion services. While Republican administrations have repeatedly pushed for the introduction of the Mexico City Policy after their re‐election, those regulations have been rescinded by ...
Thomas Lange
wiley   +1 more source

Esoteric Signs and Symbols in Akan-Ewe Socioreligioculture: Indigenous Constructs for Post-Missionary Theology and Christology [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
This study explores esoteric signs and symbols within Akan-Ewe sociocultural and spiritual traditions to uncover indigenous theological and Christological constructs for post-missionary Africa.
Edward Agboada
doaj   +1 more source

Urban wild meat and pangolin consumption across southern forested Cameroon: The limited influence of COVID‐19

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Overexploitation of wildlife is pervasive in many tropical regions, and in addition to being a significant conservation and sustainability concern, it has received global attention given discussions over the origins of zoonotic disease outbreaks.
Franklin T. Simo   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A critical assessment of Bediako’s incarnational Christological model as a response to the foreignness of Christ in African Christianity

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2016
Some African Christians continue to rely on traditional spiritual powers as a means of addressing their spiritual insecurity. In their perception Christ is regarded as being foreign to African spirituality and treated accordingly with the gospel seen as ...
Raymond Potgieter, Christopher Magezi
doaj   +1 more source

Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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