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Community and Social Interaction in Digital Religious Discourse in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon [PDF]

, 2013
Since the advent of the Internet, religion has maintained a very strong online presence. This study examines how African Christianity is negotiated and practised on the Internet. The main objectives are to investigate to what extent online worshippers in
Chiluwa, Innocent
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Transition from the Opium of Religion to Religion as Opioids: Abuse of Religious Teachings in the New Prophetic Churches in South Africa [PDF]

Journal for the Study of Religion, 2023
The New Prophetic Churches is a religion in the mix, demonstrated by their points of contact with classical Pentecostalism, the prosperity gospel, African independent churches, and African traditional religion.
Mookgo S. Kgatle, Jonas S. Thinane
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From Contextual Theology to African Christianity: The Consideration of Adiaphora from a South African Perspective

Religions, 2017
The move towards contextual Christianity in Africa is an essential venture if Christianity is to communicate with the African cultural heritage. As a universal religion, Christianity has to find an expression within the cultural context.
Joel Mokhoathi
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What is religion? An African understanding

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2010
Western thought has influenced the way that religion is understood. Western philosophy supported the separation between the sacred and the profane. Modernism, focusing on human rationality, reduced religion to a set of correctly formulated dogmas and ...
Jaco Beyers
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African Traditional Religion in Isuokoma, Nigeria: Focus on Tenets and the Role of Spirits [PDF]

Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology
Religion has remained a major source of hope for man’s existential experiences. In Africa, the domineering effects of Christianity and Islam have undermined the history and practice of the African Traditional Religion (ATR) that was hitherto the original
Kelechi Johnmary Ani
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Christian Missions and Colonial Empires Reconsidered: A Black Evangelist in West Africa, 1766-1816 [PDF]

, 2009
The article presents an exploration into the work of the late 18th-century West African Anglican missionary Philip Quaque and the relationship between imperialism and religion during the colonial era.
Andrews, Edward E.
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Conceptualisation of evil in African Christian theology

Acta Theologica, 2006
The aim of this article is to give an account of the interaction between Christianity and African Traditional Religion found in African Christian theology.
C. Wethmar
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Cultural Conflicts In Christian Conversion: The Talensi Perspective [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This paper focuses on the conflicts between the Christian faith and African traditional religion with particular reference to the Talensi of northern Ghana. It examines the religious and cultural experiences of Talensi Christian converts.
Samuel Zuul Bayeti
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Towards an African philosophy of violence: Exploring the epistemic link between religions and violence against women in Zimbabwe

Journal of Contemporary Society Education, 2023
This study investigated the epistemological connections between religious beliefs and violence against women in Zimbabwe. To accomplish this, I undertook a comparative analysis of traditional African religion, Christianity and Islam.
Dudziro Nhengu
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The Influence of African Traditional Beliefs and Practices on Neo-Prophetic Christianity: An Analysis [PDF]

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
The rapid expansion of the neo-prophetic strand of Pentecostal and Charismatic churches in Africa has resulted in much public and academic scrutiny against the backdrop of perceived appropriation of elements of indigenous African faith.
Prince Osei Yeboah, Ernest Owusu, Emmanuel Obimpeh-Quayson Jnr   +2 more
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