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Developing the Scholarship of Ecclesiastical and Ecumenical Engagements in African Pentecostal Studies [PDF]
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social SciencesEngaged scholarship (also known as scholarship of engagement) is an approach to developing knowledge that values the interactions between the academy and the relevant communities.
Mookgo Solomon Kgatle
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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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The shape of Torrance theology [PDF]
, 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
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Engaging the Evil Forces in the Spirit Realm: A Theology of Spiritual Warfare in African Neo-Pentecostal Spirituality [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological StudiesPrayer is traditionally used as a way of communicating with God and giving petitions to Him. However, within African neo-Pentecostal spirituality, prayer is more than communication and petitions; it is a way of addressing the evil forces in the spiritual
Mookgo Solomon Kgatle
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Journal 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
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On 3‐MMC: A Cathinone I Have Come to Know and Love
Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT This article attempts to complicate the mythology of a compound in a state of becoming. I will trace lightly its origins as a cultural disruptor and how I am implicated in this imperative. Introducing you to 3‐MMC will require multiple modes of storytelling and taking of liberties, drawing on literature reviews, practice‐based research, prose,
Carmen Ostrander
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African Journal of Pentecostal StudiesBackground: 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
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Scandinavian 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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Geography 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
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Reforming Pentecostal marriage theology in the aftermath of a schism
African Journal of Pentecostal StudiesBackground: Several scholars have mentioned the Pentecostal paradox, in which Pentecostal churches seem to be liberatory and at the same time very oppressive.
Terence Mupangwa
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