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In die Skriflig, 2020 The article uses the motif of salvation as adoption as God’s children to critique the African neo-Pentecostal (ANP) belief that generational curses remain on Christians after conversion.
Collium Banda
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Laterality: a sideways look at ritual
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 727-744, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Much study of ritual has focused on demarcated spaces and times of performance, and the often spectacular features of such collective behaviour provide rich resources for analysis of formal, symbolically dense action. This article shifts attention to dimensions of ritual events that entail zones of ambiguous, diffuse, or limited engagement ...
Simon Coleman
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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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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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A historical survey of the African Neo-Pentecostals’ response to digital transformation
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023 The ongoing digital transformation (DT) in our world has not only brought change to secular systems but also to how things are done in the mission and ministry of the Christian faith. Although before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, some
Daniel O. Orogun, Jerry Pillay
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The Limiting of the Impact of Proxy Culture Wars by Religious Sensitivity: The Fight of Neo-Pentecostal Churches against LGBTQ Rights Organizations over Uganda’s Future [PDF]
Religions, 2021 It has been argued recently that Uganda’s sexual law should be interpreted as a part of gender power struggles, rather than in the original neo-colonial interpretation or as a result of structural changes and President Museveni’s pragmatic policy. Based on our intensive fieldwork during the dry season in 2017, we argue that an understanding of this ...
Martin Palecek, Tomas Tazlar
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The Resurgence of the African Traditional Shrines in a Neo-Pentecostal/Charismatic Religious Milieu in Ghana [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2019 The African shrines have been sources of life and supports for the Africans before the emergence of Christianity. When Christianity emerged, it sought to provide alternative source of life and support as against the African shrines, leading to many ...
Francis Normanyo
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Pentecostal Churches and Capitalism in a South African Township: Towards a Communism of the Market?
Journal for the Study of Religion, 2021 With reference to two Pentecostal churches in the Kayamandi suburb of Stellenbosch, South Africa, we consider the ways in which capitalism and the Pentecostal spirit interrelate in a contemporary South Africa.
Thibaut Dubarry
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Pentecostals and the pulpit: A case study of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 In general, early Pentecostals did not use any pulpits in their halls in order to underline their emphasis that each believer is a prophet and priest equipped by the Holy Spirit with gifts for the edification of other members of the assembly.
Marius Nel
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Uncovering Covert Syncretic Holy Water among ANPCs in South Africa
Religions, 2023 In most societies where Christianity is dominant, it has manifested itself in different ways, reflecting its admixture with indigenous religious practices, an admixture commonly seen in most African contexts.
Jonas Thinane
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