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Survival of the Black Church in difficult economic times : a case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
textMore U.S. adults are members of Historically Black Churches than the combined total of those connected to Jewish, Muslim, Mormon, Buddhist, Orthodox, Jehovah's Witness, and Hindu religious centers (Pew 2008).
McDaniel, William Charles
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Spiritual warfare in Africa: Towards understanding the classical model in light of witchcraft practices and the Christian response

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023
The socio-religious panorama of the African religion deserves a close observation of its foundation and function. The perception of the spirit world is dominant in Africa.
Amos Y. Luka
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Looking For Black Religions In 20th Century Comics: 1931-1993 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Relationships between religion and comics are generally unexplored in the academic literature. This article provides a brief history of Black religions in comic books, cartoons, animation, and newspaper strips, looking at African American Christianity ...
Chireau, Yvonne Patricia
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Revisiting the Discourse on Human-Nature Relationship in African Traditional Religion and the Responses to the Environmental Change

open access: yesBangladesh Journal of Bioethics, 2022
The pantheistic view of nature enshrined in African traditional religious beliefs and thought systems has propelled a myriad of African scholars to assume that the environmental ethical position of ATR on human-nature relations is environment-centered ...
Elizabeth Okon John, Nelson Robert Enang
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African-American Mental Health Community: Information Needs, Barriers, and Gaps [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This paper articulates the importance of African Americans regarding mental health: how they obtain information, lack of available resources, internal and external pressures of receiving help, and the gathering of their information from non-traditional ...
Jackson, Stephanie
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Journal of African Christian Biography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: WOMEN --- 1.
Belcher, Wendy Laura   +6 more
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Alcohol abuse in African traditional religion: Education and enlightenment as panacea for integration and development

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023
Alcoholism is endemic in Nigeria’s traditional religion and society. This abuse is especially common at New Yam festivals, Ekpe, Ekpo and Nmanwu masquerades festivals, burial rituals, birth, marriage and naming ceremonies.
Emeka C. Ekeke, Elizabeth O. John
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How Does the European Union Talk about Migrant Women and Religion? A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Agenda on Migration of the European Union and the Case Study of Nigerian Women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Women with different identity and migration origins represent one of the most significant groups in the migration flows of the Mediterranean in recent years and the intersection of their religious identity and gender has been often neglected in migration
Degani, Paola, Ghanem, CRISTINA YASMIN
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African same-sexualities and indigenous knowledge: Creating a space for dialogue within patriarchy

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2016
Current debates on homosexuality claim to give voice to the voiceless but only target the youth whose concern for freedom and rights differ markedly from older, more traditional concerns.
Lindiwe P. Mkasi
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A critical evaluation of the writing methods of selected scholars of African culture and traditional religion – E. B. Idowu; E. G. Parrinder and K. A. Opoku [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Every activity of man is often done in a certain way. This includes the study of religion. Scholars have generally adopted various methods in studying religion. Some of these methods have been classified as unacademic, while some are
Asuquo, Offiong Offiong
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