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The choice to submit: freedom, gender, and the figure of God in Pentecostal Nigeria Le choix de se soumettre : liberté, genre et figure divine chez les Pentecôtistes du Nigeria

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Why do some women choose to submit to their husbands in marriage? In anthropology, the paradox of ‘chosen submission’ has famously been explored by Saba Mahmood. Her work amongst Egyptian women donning the veil in the Islamic da'wa movement spotlights the notion of ‘piety’ to explore how devotion to God can act as a powerful motivator of human ...
Naomi Richman
wiley   +1 more source

Desegregationist Pan‐African Spiritual Strivings: Du Bois, the Black Church and the Critique of Imperialism*

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating marital tensions between African traditions and Western influences: Emic insights for pastoral intervention

Theologia Viatorum
This article examines the perspectives and lived experiences of church and community members regarding marital tensions that emerge at the intersection of African indigenous traditions and Western influences on African marriages.
Primrose Makumbini, Vhumani Magezi, Patrick Nanthambwe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

African Public Theology? A conceptual engagement to keep the conversation alive

In die Skriflig, 2022
Interest in Public Theology is growing across the African continent. However, there are some important critiques of Public Theology and public theologians in Africa and from Africa.
Dion A. Forster
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Towards understanding theological positions informing migrant ministries

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2020
Christian practical ministry should be driven by a thorough theological framework. Theological theory informs ministerial practices. To understand some theology driven (theologies driving) actions, it is imperative to conduct empirical studies to discern
Vhumani Magezi, Christopher Magezi
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Character formation and leadership development: A symbiotic bond for the practice of theological education

Theologia Viatorum, 2023
This study explores the relationship between character formation and leadership development. It focuses on three research questions: Firstly, why is character formation an important dimension in leader development?
Vhumani Magezi, Walter Madimutsa
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Persistent Alarms Confronting New Priorities: Protestants in Africa in Italian and French Catholic Magazines (1945–1962)

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Anti‐Protestantism was one of the reasons for the revival of missions during the interwar period. By the 1960s, however, Protestants were less and less often mentioned as a threat to missionary efforts, and the decline in inter‐confessional tensions was increasingly considered a relic of the past.
Giacomo Canepa
wiley   +1 more source

Mutual care within church congregations based on the paradigm of the family of God

Verbum et Ecclesia
Christians are known for their caring activities towards the world, except that it is the mutual care between believers that witnesses the restoration found in Jesus Christ to the world (Jn 13:35).
Rika Roeland, Gert Breed, Rudy A. Denton
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Brothers and sisters, can you hear us? Remarks on facilitating a productive dialogue between the Western and African notions of practical theology in light of the decolonisation discourse

In die Skriflig, 2017
This article is conducted within the framework of the inter-contextual dialogue between the Western and African notions of practical theology. It sets out to probe the usefulness of the notion of decolonisation in the design of practical theology.
Alfred R. Brunsdon
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Need for continuous leadership training on sustainability of United Baptist Church of Zimbabwe

In die Skriflig
The significance of leadership in ensuring the efficient operation of any given entity cannot be overstated. The acquisition of leadership skills is an essential component for the success and accomplishment of an organisation’s objectives and goals.
Vhumani Magezi, Irvin Moyo, Patrick Nanthambwe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source