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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 Studies
Prayer 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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Mnisi jako „żołnierze” Chrystusa w nauczaniu Jana Chryzostoma. Analiza 69. i 70. homilii z cyklu "Homilie na Ewangelię według św. Mateusza"

Vox Patrum, 2015
This article considers the subject of spiritual warfare led by monks as the “sol­diers” of Christ. Author of the article analyzed two John Chrysostom’ homilies (69 and 70) from the series Homily on the Gospel according to St. Matthew.
Piotr Szczur
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Fundamentalistas ou pioneiros? A ambivalência do engajamento político pentecostal no jogo democrático

Horizonte, 2021
Considering the challenges posed by populism and religiously motivated political engagement to liberal democracies, the present study sets out to examine, specifically, the role played by Pentecostal actors in the conflictive rearrangement of the ...
Leandro Luis Bedin Fontana
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The relevance of Reformed perspectives on demonology for Africa

In die Skriflig, 2019
In the debates about lacunas in Western theological education and the need to decolonise Reformed theological education in South Africa, the necessity of understanding demonology has been pointed out as an important area for more research and ...
P.J. Buys
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New coronavirus: what does nursing have to learn and teach in times of a pandemic? [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020
Objective: To promote a theoretical reflective analysis of what nursing has to learn and teach to global society in times of OVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Reflective theoretical essay aimed at contributing new knowledge and raising new questions, based on ...
Marli Terezinha Stein Backes, Karini Manhães de Carvalho, Evangelia Kotzias Atherino dos Santos, Dirce Stein Backes   +3 more
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Liberal Warfare: A Crusade Twice Removed [PDF]

, 2013
Since the 1990s, liberal warfare has attracted a good deal of debate and commentary, virtually all of which has been framed in the secular language of rights, sovereignty, power, and legitimacy.
Achcar, Agrama, Annan, Armstrong, Bacevich, Barkawi, Bellah, Bellamy, Bobbitt, Cavanaugh, Chambers, Christiansen, Cohen, Columbus, Cunliffe, Dallmayr, David A. Hughes, Deng, Desch, Deudney, Doyle, Drezner, Egerton, Evans, Fortier, France, Freedman, Fukuyama, Fukuyama, Fukuyama, Geertz, Gentile, Gray, Griffin, Habermas, Hall, Hehir, Hirschkind, Hodges, Huntington, International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, Johnson, Johnson, Jouannet, Juergensmeyer, Kaempf, Kant, Keen, Luck, Madden, Mavelli, Moses, Poeschel, Rawls, Reus-Smit, Rice, Riley-Smith, Schmitt, Scruton, Setton, Shakman Hurd, Shklar, Snyder, Stahn, Stiglitz, Stinger, Walker   +66 more
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Rum, Gin and Maize: Deities and Ritual Change in the Gold Coast during the Atlantic Era (16th century to 1850)

Afriques, 2014
This paper examines the incorporation of rum and gin as powerful spiritual drinks in pre-colonial Gold Coast, particularly in the context of state formation and warfare, and the growing importance of maize, side by side with the indigenous yam, as the ...
Emmanuel Akyeampong, Samuel A. Ntewusu
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‘This House, God’s Dear Castle’: Sawles Warde as Spiritual Warfare Allegory

Genre & Histoire
Spiritual warfare, depicted in masculine and militaristic language from the earliest Christian times, long posed challenges to male clerics writing for female audiences whose bodies were deemed problematic in the pursuit of spiritual progress.
Grant Jones
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Revisiting C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters of 1941 and exploring their relation to ‘Screwtape proposes a toast’

In die Skriflig, 2016
According to the Bible, human history unfolds with the overarching presence of God and the limited presence of the devil. Though the fall of humankind into sin resulted in lasting consequences the Judeao-Christian tradition has had little trouble in ...
Raymond M. Potgieter
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Dominion Theology, Spiritual Warfare, and Violence in Latin America

Religions, 2020
Historically, Protestant churches in Latin America regarded the ‘world’ as a realm of sin and impurity. The proper focus of the church, they believed, was on salvation, and building a community of the saved.
Virginia Garrard
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