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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
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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
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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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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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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
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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
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Public pastoral care approach in addressing tensions in marriages within Southern African churches and communities

In die Skriflig
Public pastoral care, as practised by churches and communities, can play a crucial role in helping African couples navigate the tensions that arise between African marriage traditions and Western cultural influences.
Primrose Makumbini, Vhumani Magezi, Patrick Nanthambwe   +2 more
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Theoconomy: Rebooting the South African economy

In die Skriflig, 2019
In this article, the reasons why ethics ought to be one of the pillars of an all-inclusive economic growth strategy are expounded. Because of the unethical burden of the South African history, coupled to the myopic way of transforming the post-apartheid ...
Johann Walters, Jacobus M. Vorster
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Death and mourning rituals in a Pentecostal church in Bolobedu South, Limpopo, South Africa

African Journal of Pentecostal Studies
Background: Death is an inevitable event that impacts most individuals in various ways, prompting some to participate in numerous activities in response to its effects and to seek healing or closure. Among the Balobedu people of Bolobedu South in Limpopo
Abraham M.M. Mzondi, Chosana F.E. Modiba
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Fostering inclusion, embracing and integration of migrants: A migration biblical-theological understanding with a particular focus on Ezra-Nehemiah and migrants practical ministry guidelines

In die Skriflig, 2020
Migration is posing a huge challenge globally. Within this context, one of the challenges of theology is to develop theological approaches that respond to the situation in meaningful ways.
Vhumani Magezi, Christopher Magezi
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