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Serving the needy from the greedy: Reviewing Diakonia in African neo-Pentecostalism

In die Skriflig, 2023
When the economy turned downwards across most African nations over the past two decades hitherto today, multifarious neo-Pentecostal churches correspondingly multiplied in and beyond the Global South.
Kimion Tagwirei
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Looking Back: Theological Reflections on the Intersection between Pentecostalism and Ubuntu within the African Section of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa

Religions, 2023
Syncretism in the African section of South African Pentecostalism followed the emergence of the Ethiopian movement. The latter took the lead in promoting the syncretising of Christianity and African culture and practice (hereinafter referred to as Ubuntu)
Abraham Modisa Mkhondo Mzondi
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The phenomenon of human conscience

In die Skriflig, 2019
No abstract available.
Marius Nel
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Integrating African Pentecostalism into the theological education of South African Universities: An urgent task

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018
African Pentecostalism continues to be a growing part of Christianity both in Africa and the rest of the world. Pentecostal churches in Africa are on the rise at a very high rate.
Mookgo S. Kgatle
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Pentecostalism and heteronormative God-talk in modern South Africa: A decolonial approach

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2023
This article reflects on the use of heteronormative God-talk within African Pentecostalism in modern South Africa. God-talk has often been used as a tool to push specific socio-political ideologies within the global community and in discourses about ...
Themba Shingange
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The African background of the prosperity gospel

Theologia Viatorum, 2021
Prosperity gospel refers to the genre of preaching that emphasises positive confession, divine physical healing, divine material success as necessary gifts, and blessing from God.
David T. Adamo
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Eschato-praxis and accountability: A study of Neo-African Pentecostal movement in the light of prosperity gospel

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2019
The quest for accountability in Christian theology is both immediate and ultimate. This, thus, suggests that individuals and groups within spiritual and secular spaces subscribe to some form of immediate and ultimate probity and accountability assessment.
Babatunde A. Adedibu, Benson O. Igboin
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Chammah J. Kaunda (ed.), Genders, Sexualities, and Spiritualities in African Pentecostalism: “Your Body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit.”

African Journal of Gender and Religion (AJGR), 2021
Moral discourses pertaining to gender and sexuality in Africa are certainly shaped by various religious norms and cultural beliefs, and for more than a decade, Pentecostalism has emerged as a primary area of research focus on this subject.1 The ...
Johnathan Jodamus
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Towards Ecumenical Dialogue between African Pentecostalism and Roman Catholic [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022
There are undoubtedly differences between Roman Catholic and African Pentecostalism such as doctrinal issues and salvific conceptualisations. Besides non-Catholics, specifically Pentecostal churches have always been perceived as non-churches and lacking ...
Mookgo Solomon Kgatle, Mokone Bruno Lephoto   +1 more
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Towards a decolonial hermeneutic of experience in African Pentecostal Christianity: A South African perspective

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
The idea for this article was developed in ecumenical discussion regarding the worrisome developments in some neo-Pentecostal ministries where stories of snake-eating, petrol-drinking, false prophecies and so on were being alleged.
Mookgo S. Kgatle, Thabang R. Mofokeng
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