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Pentecostal Churches and Capitalism in a South African Township: Towards a Communism of the Market?

Journal for the Study of Religion, 2021
With reference to two Pentecostal churches in the Kayamandi suburb of Stellenbosch, South Africa, we consider the ways in which capitalism and the Pentecostal spirit interrelate in a contemporary South Africa.
Thibaut Dubarry
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A Universalização Pentecostal

Ponto Urbe, 2009
O livro A Igreja Universal e seus demônios une a profundidade do olhar etnográfico ao rigor histórico e à análise sistemática de dados estatísticos, configurando um quadro contextual da expansão das igrejas pentecostais brasileiras, tendo como centro as práticas rituais da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (IURD).
Teixeira, Jacqueline Moraes, Soratto, Pierina Angélica   +1 more
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Pentecostal talk about God: Attempting to speak from experience

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
Pentecostals have their own ethos to bring to the theological table. Although they represent a diverse spectrum of beliefs, they share a basic preference for experience co-determining their theology, along with their interpretation of Scripture.
Marius Nel
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Pentecostals and the pulpit: A case study of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018
In general, early Pentecostals did not use any pulpits in their halls in order to underline their emphasis that each believer is a prophet and priest equipped by the Holy Spirit with gifts for the edification of other members of the assembly.
Marius Nel
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On the Potential and Problems of Pentecostal Exchange [PDF]

, 2013
In this article, I draw on ethnography from the Zambian Copperbelt to examine the social productivity of the Pentecostal prosperity gospel, a Christian movement centered on the idea that it is God's will for believers to be wealthy.
Haynes, Naomi, Naomi Haynes
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The shifting landscape of African-Pentecostalism in Kenya

Theologia Viatorum, 2022
I define African Pentecostalism as the Pentecostal thread that embraces some elements of African culture, without necessarily admitting it. It embraces some elements of the African heritage consciously or unconsciously.
Julius M. Gathogo
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Televangelism: A study of the ‘Pentecost Hour’ of the Church of Pentecost

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2016
The liberalisation of the Ghanaian media since the 1990s has drastically changed the media landscape of Ghana and given rise to the use of the mass media for evangelism purposes. The advent of the mass media offered churches and televangelists a unique opportunity to fulfil the Great Commission, and it is the Pentecostals who continue to use it ...
White, Peter, Assimeng, Abraham Anim
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Spirit and economy: Pentecostalism and the afterlives of Max Weber [PDF]

, 2012
Includes abstract.Scroll down to electronic link to access the thesis.This thesis investigates the historical intersections between Pentecostalism and Weberian sociology, beginning with the simultaneous publication of Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the
Nogueira-Godsey, Trad
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Syncretism Narrative and the Use of Material Objects within Some Neo-Pentecostal Circles in Contemporary South Africa

Religions, 2023
African Pentecostal Christianity presents interconnectedness with African cultures, spiritualities, and religiosity in many ways. Among many other practices that demonstrate this interconnectedness is the use of material objects common within some ...
Themba Shingange
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