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Pentekostal spiritualitet, økoteologi og miljøengasjement

Scandinavian Journal for Leadership & Theology, 2020
Pentecostal spirituality, eco-theology and environmental engagement: A contrition to the development of a Pentecostal spirituality that integrates eco-theology and environmental ethics.
Karl Inge Tangen
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Will God Make Me Rich? An Investigation into the Relationship between Membership in Charismatic Churches, Wealth, and Women’s Empowerment in Ghana [PDF]

, 2018
In recent decades, there has been an explosion in the growth of Pentecostal churches in Ghana, many of which preach that belief in God will translate into material wealth for both men and women.
Gundersen, Sara
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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, EarlyView.
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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Seeing and hearing Hagar: An affective reading of Genesis 16

In die Skriflig
In the past, Hagar’s significance in the Abrahamic narratives has been overlooked by biblical scholarship. Although recent studies have aimed to rescue and redeem Hagar from patriarchal interpretations, insufficient attention has been given to the ...
A. Rebecca Basdeo Hill, Lee R. Martin
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Prophets praying for, or preying on people’s faith: A reflection on prophetic ministry in the South African context

In die Skriflig, 2019
In mainline churches, the ministry of prophecy or the prophetic ministry involves the proclamation of the gospel. This, in turn, is related to the every-believer ministry.
Hulisani Ramantswana
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Between Basilea and Utopia: Exploring the Impact of Kingdom Theology in US Latinx Pentecostalism

Religions, 2021
This article is a general exploration of US Latinx Pentecostalism’s explicit and implicit theology of the Kingdom of God and how it can contribute to US Latinx Pentecostalism’s socio-political engagement.
Juan C. Morales
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The relationship between denominational affiliation and spiritual health among weekly-churchgoing 13- to 15-year-old adolescents in England and Wales [PDF]

, 2008
THIS PAPER DRAWS on John Fisher’s formative definition of spiritual health as comprising good relationships within four domains (the personal, the communal, the environmental and the transcendental) and uses the operationalization of these constructs ...
Francis, Leslie J., Robbins, Mandy
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Towards a decolonial hermeneutic of experience in African Pentecostal Christianity: A South African perspective

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
The idea for this article was developed in ecumenical discussion regarding the worrisome developments in some neo-Pentecostal ministries where stories of snake-eating, petrol-drinking, false prophecies and so on were being alleged.
M. Kgatle, T. R. Mofokeng
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Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
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I believe in the Holy Spirit: Power and technology at crossroads

African Journal of Pentecostal Studies
Background: This year, 2025, Christians from all persuasions (Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant) commemorate 1700 years of Nicene Creed, referred to as Creed henceforth.
Kelebogile T. Resane
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