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Gender Based Violence in the Commercialisation of Religion in Neo-Pentecostal Churches [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologyThe focus is women suffering due to commercialisation of religion in Neo-Pentecostal Churches. Most of the religion commercialists are men with women as victims of Gender Based Violence (GBV).
Dr Kelebogile Thomas Resane
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Land Reform in Relation to Landless Neo-Pentecostal Churches: Toward Sustainable Development in South African Cities [PDF]
The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society, 2023 The current state of urban planning in South Africa excludes allocation for church land. In many South African cities, there is a temporary structure for church fellowship within neo-Pentecostalism. A literature review shows that many neo-Pentecostal churches still conduct fellowship in tents and shacks, which poses health hazards for congregants and ...
Mookgo Solomon Kgatle +1 more
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The nature of glossolalia in the neo-Pentecostal churches in Nigeria
Verbum et EcclesiaGlossolalia has been a major divisive doctrine in the Christendom, as some Pentecostals claim that it is proof of being a real Christian. This article examined the extent to which tongues-speaking in the neo-Pentecostal churches in Nigeria conforms to ...
Solomon O. Ademiluka
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Development cooperation and Neo-Pentecostal churches – A decolonial perspective
Verbum et EcclesiaReligion and development are a subject that has stimulated researchers in the recent past. Most of the religious role players in development within sub-Saharan Africa have been the historic missional churches, also known as the mainline churches – mostly
Mangaliso M. Matshobane
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Pentecostal Forms across Religious Divides: Media, Publicity, and the Limits of an Anthropology of Global Pentecostalism [PDF]
Religions, 2018 Scholars of Pentecostalism have usually studied people who embrace it, but rarely those who do not. I suggest that the study of global Pentecostalism should not limit itself to Pentecostal churches and movements and people who consider themselves ...
Marleen de Witte
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Journal of Sociology, Psychology & Religious Studies, 2021 Most neo-Pentecostal churches contravene Luke 4:16-19, Psalms 41 and Exodus 18: 21 by failing to advocate for peoples’ water rights. This stance has of late interested many scholars to do studies on churches and advocacy for water rights.
Ngige, Father John +2 more
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Neo-pentecostal mission healthcare and poverty reduction in Ghana [PDF]
Acta TheologicaThis article explores the relationship between mission healthcare and poverty reduction, by investigating the role that Ghana’s neo-Pentecostal mission healthcare plays in the latter.
E. Manu
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Australian neo-Pentecostal churches: incorporating late-modernity in a new religious form
, 2018 Sociologists of religion have found significant and sustained global growth amongst Pentecostal and Charismatic forms of Christianity. From this research, neo-Pentecostalism has emerged as a fruitful site for scholars to examine developments in Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianities.
Shanahan, Mairead
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Safe spaces for marginalised young people: Ambivalent pastoral engagement of Pentecostal churches in the slums of Guatemala [PDF]
Verbum et EcclesiaMany marginalised young people in Guatemala City, one of the poorest and most dangerous cities in the world, face a bleak future. Faced with poor prospects, many turn to the Mara youth gangs, where crime and drug abuse are part of everyday life.
Martina Bär
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 Commercialisation, technology, and globalisation impact all facets of religion.Commercialisation of religion contributes towards society’s obsession with success. One areathrough which commercialisation manifests itself is in theological education.
Kelebogile T. Resane
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