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Consulting the things of the spirits: Evidencing unseen presences in missionary collections

Museum Anthropology, Volume 48, Issue 1, Spring 2025.
Abstract Contributing to current efforts to grapple with museums' colonial legacies, this article takes the question of evidence as an entry point to unlock the multi‐layered make‐up of African spiritual artifacts in missionary collections. Focussing on Dutch and German missionary collections of legbawo and dzokawo from the Ewe region in Ghana and Togo,
Marleen de Witte, Birgit Meyer
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Embodying the Spirit(s): Pentecostal Demonology and Deliverance Discourse in Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2011
The article explores Pentecostal embodiment practices and concepts with regard to Holy Spirit baptism and demon possession. The studied material is connected to a specific and highly controversial debate in Ethiopian Pentecostalism, which revolves around
Aspen H., Atalay Alem, Berhanu Nega, Csordas T. J., Csordas T. J., Data Dea, Engelsviken T, Engelsviken T., Freeman N, Haustein J, Haustein J, Hege N. B, Jörg Haustein, Marshall R, Messing S. D., Meyer B., Meyer B., Prince D, Prince D, Robbins J., Schröder G, Singleton B, Tibebe Eshete, Tubiana J   +23 more
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“Entanglement” as a concept in recent research on Christian missions in the South Pacific and Africa

History Compass, Volume 22, Issue 7, July 2024.
Abstract This article provides a short overview of ‘entanglement’ in recent histories of mission, examining what distinguishes it from earlier conceptualisations of cross‐cultural encounters. This article locates the emergence of the term in the social sciences and global histories of empire, and explores its current influence in studies of Christian ...
Kate Tilson
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Spectral Properties From Lyman-alpha to H-alpha For An Essentially Complete Sample of Quasars I: Data

, 2007
We have obtained quasi-simultaneous ultraviolet-optical spectra for 22 out of 23 quasars in the complete PG-X-ray sample with redshift ...
Beverley J. Wills, D. Wills, Michael S. Brotherton, O’Brien P. T., Wilkes B. J., Zhaohui Shang   +5 more
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Marginalization and women's healthcare in Ghana: Incorporating colonial origins, unveiling women's knowledge, and empowering voices

Nursing Inquiry, Volume 31, Issue 2, April 2024.
Abstract The origins of marginalization in nursing and the health sector in Ghana can be traced to colonialism and how a colonial era laid a solid foundation for inequities and entrenched disparities, as well as the subsequent normalization of marginalizing acts, in the health sector, particularly for women.
Eunice Bawafaa
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A Dusty Mg~II absorber Associated with the Quasar SDSS J003545.13+011441.2

, 2010
We report on a dusty Mg~II absorber associated with the quasar SDSSJ003545.13+011441.2 (hereafter J0035+0114) at $z$=1.5501, which is the strongest one among the three Mg~II absorbers along the sight line of quasar.
Abazajian, Antonucci, Asplund, Brandt, Cohen, Cui, Dong, Ellison, Elíasdóttir, Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick, Ge, Ge, Gordon, H. L. Lu, H. Y. Zhou, J. Ge, J. X. Prochaska, Jiang, Junkkarinen, Li, Nestor, P. Jiang, Pettini, Pettini, Prochaska, Rao, Richards, Richards, Richards, Schlegel, Srianand, V. P. Kulkarni, Vanden Berk, Wang, Welty, Welty, Zhou   +37 more
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SU(2) and SU(3) Yang-Mills thermodynamics and some implications

, 2006
We sketch the development of effective theories for SU(2) and SU(3) Yang-Mills thermodynamics. The most important results are quoted and some implications for particle physics and cosmology are discussed.Comment: 18 pages, 5 figures, v3: consequences of ...
Hofmann, Ralf
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CFHTLenS and RCSLenS cross-correlation with Planck lensing detected in fourier and configuration space [PDF]

, 2016
We measure the cross-correlation signature between the Planck cosmic microwave background (CMB) lensing map and the weak lensing observations from both the Red-sequence Cluster Lensing Survey and the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey.
Arnouts, S, Asgari, M, Choi, A, Coupon, J, Erben, T, Harnois-Deraps, J, Heymans, C, Hildebrandt, H, Hojjati, A, Kitching, TD, Miller, L, Moutard, T, Nakajima, R, Troster, T, van Waerbeke, L, Viola, M   +15 more
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X-ray view of four high-luminosity Swift/BAT AGN: Unveiling obscuration and reflection with Suzaku [PDF]

, 2013
The Swift/BAT nine-month survey observed 153 AGN, all with ultra-hard X-ray BAT fluxes in excess of 10^-11 erg cm^-2 s^-1 and an average redshift of 0.03. Among them, four of the most luminous BAT AGN (44.73 < Log L(BAT) < 45.31) were selected as targets
Angelini, L., Fioretti, V., Koss, M., Malaguti, G., Mushotzky, R. F.   +4 more
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RECONCILING THE TWO WEST AFRICAS: MANAGING ETHNIC AND LINGUAL DIVERSITY FOR REGIONAL INTEGRATION [PDF]

, 2015
In international politics, language is core in inter-state trust and relationship, and the West African region (or sub-region), which is multi-ethnic, culturally plural and bi- or multilingual in imported languages, may never evolve an integrated ...
Folarin, Oluwafunke, Folarin, S. F., Olorunyomi, B.R.   +2 more
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