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Pentecostal theology regarding disability in African neo-Pentecostalism

In die Skriflig
The Pentecostal approach to disability is currently informed by the imposed healing, deliverance, and performance of other miracles, particularly among neo-Pentecostals in Africa.
Mookgo S. Kgatle
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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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Remembering Independence, Debating the Nation: Ghana's National Days

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Ghana, Independence Day is the most important national day and has been annually observed since the attainment of independence in 1957. Additional national days that various military governments introduced to commemorate their ascension to power have been rather short‐lived. Other holidays like Republic Day or Founder's Day have been longer
Carola Lentz
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The choice to submit: freedom, gender, and the figure of God in Pentecostal Nigeria Le choix de se soumettre : liberté, genre et figure divine chez les Pentecôtistes du Nigeria

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 852-868, September 2026.
Why do some women choose to submit to their husbands in marriage? In anthropology, the paradox of ‘chosen submission’ has famously been explored by Saba Mahmood. Her work amongst Egyptian women donning the veil in the Islamic da'wa movement spotlights the notion of ‘piety’ to explore how devotion to God can act as a powerful motivator of human ...
Naomi Richman
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Commodification of the gospel and the socio-economics of neo-Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity in Ghana [PDF]

, 2018
In Africa, religion, generally, has often been used as a medium to assuage difficulties in life. The pragmatic-oriented function of religion, as found in Africa’s economy of faith, makes religion a kind of an economic good/service that can be harnessed ...
Benyah, Francis
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Critiquing white ecclesial leadership in multiracial South African neo-Pentecostalism [PDF]

, 2023
Magister Theologiae - MThAfter twenty seven years of democracy in South Africa, many strides have been made in addressing equity, diversity and racial unity within the landscape of religious institutions.
Shabangu, Cameron
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Two Faces of the Anti‐Inclusion Neoconservative Coin in Brazil: Neoliberalism and Far‐Right

Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 1778-1790, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Brazil has recently experienced the resurgence of the far‐right, a movement that has also occurred in other countries around the world. Given this context, this article seeks to understand the factors that enabled the union among neoliberalism, neoconservatism, and the far‐right in Brazil, demonstrating that in times of economic crisis the ...
Eloisio Moulin de Souza
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From Religious Diversity to Political Competition: The Differentiation Process of Pentecostalism in Brazil

Religions, 2018
The growing religious diversity in Brazil has more to do with a differentiation process within Pentecostalism itself than with the presence of very diverse religious groups.
Alberto da Silva Moreira
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Understanding ministerial accountability in the New Pentecostal Prophetic churches

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Within churches, congregational health and well-being require not only efficient church leadership, but also prudent church management. Good leadership structures influence governance and ministry tasks, and the awareness of accountability is a vital ...
Sello E. Letswalo, Marilyn Naidoo
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Meta: Religion and Its Study in a Time of Crisis

Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 5, September/October 2026.
ABSTRACT The academic study of religion in the United States is in crisis as departments close and tenured faculty are terminated. Simultaneously, we are witnessing not only an unprecedented alliance between religion and politics at the federal level, but the turning of many non‐religion scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals to religion as ...
Valerie Stoker
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