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Black Humanism: Sameness and Difference in Being Human and Being Black in the United Kingdom

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay outlines a variety of responses to a central question pertaining to Black humanism: namely, what does it mean to be a Black human, given the existence of systemic racism within the Body of Christ and in many White majority societies in the African Diaspora, in this case, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain?
Anthony G. Reddie
wiley   +1 more source

The shape of Torrance theology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
For Andrew Purves, ‘shape’ is too static a concept to delineate the theology of T. F. Torrance. Rather, his is a theology on the move, based as it is on knowledge of God in, through, and as Jesus Christ.
Purves, Andrew
core   +2 more sources

Is the Spiritual Man Pentecostal? Watchman Nee’s Perspective on the Charismatic Experiences

open access: yesReligions, 2023
Watchman Nee (Ni Tuosheng, 1903–1972), one of the most prominent theologians in Republican China (1911–1949), developed a “spiritual theology” that is concentrated on the work of the Holy Spirit.
Pan Zhao
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse’: The tithe and sustainable development in Ghanaian Pentecostalism

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Pentecostal Studies
Background: This article explores the Church of Pentecost’s (CoP) theology of tithes and its intersection with sustainable development in Ghana. This research is grounded on the theory that the CoP through the Pentecost Social Services (PENTSOS) as well ...
Emmanuel A. Kenin
doaj   +1 more source

Kvinnelige ledere i kirken

open access: yesScandinavian Journal for Leadership & Theology, 2019
Female Leadership in the Church. A Pentecostal Perspective This study discusses the question of whether women may lead on every level in a Christian church, from a Pentecostal hermeneutical perspective.
John Daniel L. Andersen   +2 more
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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

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 3, Page 946-964, September 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Re‐Materialising the Geography of Religion: A ‘Triple‐I’ Framework of Infrasecularity, Iconicity and Infrastructuring

open access: yesGeography Compass, Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Scholarship in the Geography of religion has expanded the study of religious space beyond formal places of worship to informal and temporary sites. This article reviews these developments while highlighting a persistent gap: the limited attention paid to the material agency of architecture.
Silvia Omenetto
wiley   +1 more source

Reforming Pentecostal marriage theology in the aftermath of a schism

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Pentecostal Studies
Background: Several scholars have mentioned the Pentecostal paradox, in which Pentecostal churches seem to be liberatory and at the same time very oppressive.
Terence Mupangwa
doaj   +1 more source

Anti‐Protestantism in the Global Catholic Mission, c. 1918–1960*

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 141-146, June 2026.
This introduction is divided into three sections. First, it examines the existing historiography on Catholic anti‐Protestantism, arguing that, unlike anti‐Catholicism, anti‐Protestantism has not undergone a transnational turn. Second, it explores the new perspectives opened up by taking a global approach to Catholic anti‐Protestantism.
Sante Lesti
wiley   +1 more source

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