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Disciplines and Disruptions

Religious Studies Review, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 759-762, September 2025.
Kimberly Akano
wiley   +1 more source

NEO‐PENTECOSTAL URBAN INFRASTRUCTURES IN LAGOS, NIGERIA: Ontology, Politics, Poetics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 365-385, May 2024.
Abstract This article examines how the urban fabric of Lagos is being transformed by neo‐Pentecostal forms of Christian religiosity—a transformation not only of inner, ‘private’ lives but also of urban infrastructures and their provision. Neo‐Pentecostal churches in Lagos now provide a range of infrastructures such as roads, bridges, electricity, water,
Gareth Millington, David Garbin, Simon Coleman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Many Tongues, Many Economic Practices: Socio-Economic Opportunities and Challenges for African Pentecostal Christianity

Religions
This article focuses on Pentecostalism and its real and possible contributions to socio-economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. First, we provide an overall historical and theological introduction to Pentecostalism in sub-Saharan Africa, especially ...
Amos Yong, Johannes Knoetze
doaj   +1 more source

Pentecostalism and the (de)construction of ‘Otherness’: Experiences of black African students at a South African University

Sociology Compass, Volume 18, Issue 5, May 2024.
Abstract Drawing on fieldwork conducted at a South African University, this qualitative study examines the lived experiences of black foreign students studying and living in South Africa. The study sought to understand the role that Pentecostalism plays in mediating the everyday experiences of black foreign students within and beyond the university ...
Simbarashe Gukurume
wiley   +1 more source

Reclaiming the essence of Pentecostalism for revitalising faith formation in South African churches

African Journal of Pentecostal Studies
Background: Pentecostalism has significantly shaped the landscape of Christianity in South Africa. However, concerns have been raised that certain independent Pentecostal churches have strayed from the movement’s original theological and missionary ...
Ronele M. Prince, Johannes J. Knoetze
doaj   +1 more source

Prosthetic species: Security dogs and the more‐than‐human sensing of urban danger

City &Society, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 35-45, April 2024.
Abstract Focusing on human–dog relations, this article develops a more‐than‐human approach to the sensing of urban insecurity. Extending work on the embodied, sensory dimension of fear and other security affects, it centers the role of non‐human, canine bodies in processes of risk assessment.
Rivke Jaffe
wiley   +1 more source

Antiparallel Missional Dynamics: Spiritual Power from Nigeria, Financial Resources from the Rest

African Christian Theology
A book review essay of Intra-African Pentecostalism and the Dynamics of Power:  The Nigerian Winners’ Chapel in Cameroon, by Amos B. Chewachong (Eugene, Oregon, USA:  Wipf and Stock, 2024).
Chammah J. KAUNDA
doaj   +1 more source

Decolonising Western missionaries’ mission theology and practice in Ghanaian church history: A Pentecostal approach

In die Skriflig, 2017
The term missional is meant to refer fundamentally to the missio Dei, just as the term missionary does. Missiology is the systematic study of all aspects of mission.
Peter White
doaj   +1 more source

Male engagement in family planning: the role of faith leaders in urban West Africa. [PDF]

J Public Health (Oxf), 2023
Hylkema R, Ilozumba O.
europepmc   +1 more source

Revitalizing and Reforming Urban Pentecostalism in Kenya

African Christian Theology
A book review essay of A Spirit of Revitalization:  Urban Pentecostalism in Kenya, by Kyama Mugambi (Waco, Texas, USA:  Baylor University Press, 2020).
Kevin Muriithi NDEREBA
doaj   +1 more source