Search Results - "pentecostalism"

This article deals with historical predicaments regarding identity and politics in the case of the Toba (Qom) appropriation of Pentecostal Christianity. Holding the native name of Evangelio, this religious movement obtained institutional strength during the sixties and, in subsequent decades, was a...

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This systematic theological study critiques the utilitarian religiosity among neo-Pentecostal prophets (NPPs) for promoting a dealmaking or ‘spiritual hustling’ approach to faith, rather than fostering a personal relationship with God. Utilitarian religiosity refers to the use of spirituality as an...

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This article explores the relationship between mission healthcare and poverty reduction, by investigating the role that Ghana’s neo-Pentecostal mission healthcare plays in the latter. Currently, in Ghana, the role of missions in health and well-being has become more diverse and impactful. Through a...

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The objective of this article is to take a new look at the social, economic, political and ideological changes that occurred in Cuba after the collapse of the Soviet bloc, through the still little explored prism of the accelerated development of Pentecostal churches in Havana. Starting from an analy...

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 This essay will study how the Yorùbá conceptualize “ọ̀tá” or the enemy, a trope that recurs in various cultural phenomena such as music, prayers, and other social rituals. The Yorùbá worldview of the enemy has profound implications on the way they frame issues that affect their mental, physical, s...

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Pneumatology also known as the theology of the Spirit within the Pentecostal movement is one of its fundamental teachings. This theology has been studied from both the non-material and material perspectives. This article looks at the possibility of bringing both the non-material and the material pne...

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Background: The 325 Nicene Apostles’ Creed was formulated to assist the church in knowing and practicing the correct belief as taught by the Apostles. The third article of Apostles’ Creed, I believe in the Holy Spirit, is significant to Pentecostal doctrine. The information as contained in the creed...

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Background: The advancement of media and technology has significantly influenced religious expression, particularly among Pentecostals, facilitating novel engagement methods, outreach and worship. Objectives: The study’s setting is global, investigating how contemporary Pentecostalism mediates betw...

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This study aims to describe the Pentecostal-Charismatic discourse about the Jubilee. The study is a qualitative-descriptive study and used literature study approach. Sampling was conducted to Pentecostal-Charismatic circles in several Pentecostal-Charismatic denominations. The data sources are docu...

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Luther’s reformation resulted in a stream of Christianity called Protestantism, which has snowballed into the establishment of many denominations independent of the Catholic church. It is noteworthy to examine reformation in indigenous Pentecostal churches like the Redeemed Christian Church of God....

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Two hermeneutical methods inform the Pentecostal reading of the Bible: the fundamentalist literalist reading and the Pentecostal hermeneutics of experience. These two positions in Bible reading among Pentecostals have contributed to the literal and experiential reading of the Genesis creation narrat...

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Within the framework of cooperation of the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University with Protestant seminaries and their associations, more than ten defenses of dissertations on Pentecostalism took place. These defenses prove that Pentecostal theologians were able to overcome the closed nature of...

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This research explores the significant influence of digital media and technology on community involvement in modern Pentecostalism in Southern Africa, with particular emphasis on the United Family International Church (UFIC) and the Prophetic, Healing, and Deliverance Ministries (PHD). As society em...

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The article demonstrates the basic concepts of discourse theory and offers a model of practical application of discourse analysis to determine the liturgical identity of the early American Pentecostals and Ukrainian Pentecostals of the Soviet period. The author demonstrates that if there are common...

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Background: After the outbreak of COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) identified vaccines as one of the intervention mechanisms capable of controlling and preventing COVID-19 infections. However, the uptake of the vaccine was below the expectation, while the cause for such manifestation wa...

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Historically, Christianity wielded authority over virtue, condemning African ethics. Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), defined by digitals that transform intimacy, questions Pentecostal sexual ethics – generating contradictions between dogma and technoscape. This study investigates how Nicene Cree...

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