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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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Pentecostalization and Politics in Paraguay and Chile

Religions, 2018
This article analyzes Pentecostal churches in Paraguay and Chile, tracing how their older ethos of politics as worldly and corrupt is gradually changing and why.
Henri Gooren
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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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Distinguishing between religion and spirituality : listening to teenagers within the (RCCG) Pentecostal Churches [PDF]

, 2018
This article investigates how teenagers in the Pentecostal Church, particularly the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), distinguish between religion and spirituality.
Racheal Adebayo, Adebayo, Racheal
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Arquitectura Pentecostal: entre lo sagrado y lo profano

Religião e Sociedade, 2011
Delimitar a noção da Arquitetura Pentecostal, para revelar e compreender alguns elementos espaciais, formais, simbólicos, materiais e prediais que contribuam a identificar as qualidades próprias dos templos do movimento Pentecostal chileno, é a ...
Rodrigo Vidal Rojas
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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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A Pentecostal perspective on the use of Psalms of Lament in worship

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2008
The idea of lament as part of human worship experience is foreign within the Pentecostal tradition. This is the case not only in Pentecostal literature, but also in Pentecostal liturgy.
Leonard P Mar�
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When sharing becomes shameful: atmospheres of class formation in Namibia Quand le partage devient honteux : ambiances de formation de classes en Namibie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists have long shown that asking for food in times of need is morally valued in rural Namibia. Yet among the Damara pastoralists with whom I work, people now increasingly describe feeling shame (taob) when they ask for food. In this article, I trace this shift to the affective dynamics of social class formation.
Michael Schnegg
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Changing Conceptions of Speaking in Tongues and Spirit Baptism Among Canadian Pentecostal Clergy [PDF]

, 2016
In 2014, a strong majority of clergy within the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) agreed that speaking in tongues is the initial physical evidence of Spirit baptism, but less than half agreed that tongues speech is a necessary component of Spirit ...
Stewart, Adam, Shanahan, Kevin, Gabriel, Andrew K.   +2 more
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Protestantism and Evangelical churches in Colombia: popular religious practice and belief system

methaodos.revista de ciencias sociales, 2014
In this article we tackle the phenomenon of Protestantism in Colombia. In this, we seek to realize the belief system, seen as a relationship of who pretends to the authority, accompanied by an asymmetrical position opposite the believers and ...
Absalón Jiménez Becerra
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