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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2018 How can we make theological sense of the resilience of the fear of witchcraft among indigenous Zimbabwean Christians? From the perspective of the transcendence and immanence of God, this article analyses the resilience of the fear of witchcraft among ...
Collium Banda, Gift Masengwe
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Contrary to nature : Inuit conception of witchcraft
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1987 The present contribution to the phenomenology of witchcraft will depend for its data on the traditional conceptions, rites, and folklore of witchcraft among the Inuit (Eskimo) of Čanada and Greenland.
Daniel Merkur
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Witchcraft and witchcraft-related violence in AmaZizi chiefdom of kwaZangashe, Eastern Cape
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 This article explores witchcraft-related violence against elderly women in the AmaZizi chiefdom of kwaZangashe in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The potential causes that have promoted such violence form the central subject of the study.
Nanette de Jong +1 more
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Biblical principles as an answer to the African people�s questioning of witchcraft
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2012 Witchcraft is still an enormous and serious issue in African culture. The media, including the entertainment component (e.g. African Magic programmes on satellite television), portray witchcraft as an issue that needs to be addressed. Witchcraft has in a
David K. Semenya, Rantoa Letsosa
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Children &Society, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract As a primary source for the early ages, picture books guide preschool children's gender perception through stories and illustrations. However, previous studies have criticised an overall gender inequality in children's picture books. Compared to the increasing attention on gender diversity in the UK picture book industry, there has been little
Yi Li, Melissa Terras, Yongning Li
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African witchcraft in theological perspective
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2004 This article is a theological contribution aimed at creating an understanding of the phenomenon of witchcraft in South Africa. Witchcraft still causes major social problems in this country.
I.W.C. van Wyk
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Religions, 2023 This article explores intersectionality of identities within Dalit and Adivasi traditions through a review of contemporary research on practices of witchcraft.
Jolanda Brunnekreef
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A Theological Reflection on Witchcraft from a Ghanaian Christian Perspective [PDF]
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2023 Even though witchcraft may not be scientifically proven, it is a widely believed phenomenon in Ghana and other parts of the world. The issue of witchcraft has attracted scholarly attention because it affects the society in diverse ways.
Isaac Boaheng
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EtnoAntropologia, 2017 This paper treats the relationship between vengeance and witchcraft in the contemporary Guaraní-speaking indigenous region of Isoso, in the Bolivian Chaco.
Francesca Scionti
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Beliefs in the Activities of Witchcraft in Ghana [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2020 This study discusses how beliefs in the activities of witchcraft have been ingrained in the Ghanaian terrain and its adverse impact on Ghanaians. The methodology used in this qualitative study is the interpretive paradigm.
Kwasi Atta Agyapong
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