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

J Public Health (Oxf), 2023
Hylkema R, Ilozumba O.
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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
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Exploring African female Pentecostal leadership in the South African Pentecostal context

Pharos Journal of Theology
Prophetess Christinah Nku is celebrated as the first African female Pentecostal to establish an African Independent Church (AIC), St John Apostolic Faith Mission after breaking away from the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa in 1938. Her church later reached Southern Africa through many splinter groups belonging to Apostolic churches. Three other
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Studying World Christianity

Religious Studies Review, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 273-278, June 2024.
Emma Wild‐Wood
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“Bless and do not curse”: Contemporary Pentecostalism, African cultures, and the practice of cursing

, 2023
We discuss in this article the phenomenon of cursing in African Christianity, specifically contemporary Pentecostalism, and how this relates to African cultures and the teachings of Scripture. In both African cultures and contemporary Pentecostalism, the
Asamoah-Gyadu , J. K. Asamoah-Gyadu
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Ministering effectively in the context of Pentecostalism in Africa: A reformed missional reflection

In die Skriflig, 2013
Pentecostalism is a global phenomenon with a large following in North America, Latin America, Asia, Africa and other parts of the world. The rise, growth and influence of Pentecostalism in Africa are enormous and have, without fear of contradiction ...
T. Derrick Mashau
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Eschato-praxis and accountability : a study of neo-African Pentecostalism movement in the light of prosperity gospel [PDF]

, 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 ...
Igboin, Benson O., Adedibu, B.A. (Babatunde)   +1 more
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Rather Spirit-filled than learned! Pentecostalism's tradition of anti-intellectualism and Pentecostal theological scholarship

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2016
The beginnings and first half-century of South African Pentecostalism are characterised by a tradition of anti-intellectualism consisting of a rejection of theological training, a critical and negative attitude towards theologians, and criticism of the ...
Marius Nel
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African Pentecostalism and politics: Reading Luke-Acts in its political, sociological and religious contexts

Verbum et Ecclesia
This article seeks to bring out the functionalities of the promise of the Holy Spirit by Jesus, the risen Lord, to his new community in Luke-Acts. It queries the need for such promise within the religious, sociological, and political environment of the ...
Godwin A. Etukumana
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Charting African Prosperity Gospel economies

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016
This article maps the vital debate on Prosperity Gospel in Africa and its relevance for socioeconomic change. Prosperity Gospel centres mainly on speech acts surrounding faith, wealth and victory, combined with ritual enactments around secondary ...
Andreas Heuser
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