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The newer Non-Denominational Pentecostal Churches in South Africa: A Critical Approach to Non-Denominationalism in Pentecostalism
This article seeks to illustrate that although there is a church historical significance of non-denominationalism in Pentecostalism demonstrated in numerical …
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John Mbiti’s Ubuntu Theology: Was it Rooted in his African heritage?
This research article sets out on the premise that African theology, as was propounded by the likes of John Mbiti …
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Utenga Wambone—the “Good News”: An Exploration of Historical Ciyawo Bible Translations and Linguistic Texts
The Yawo people of Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania first had linguistic texts produced about their language in the latter half …
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The Naming of Independent Churches in the 21st Century: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Charismatic Churches in South Africa
South Africa is a democratic country, wherein every individual has the right to belong to any religious community. Churches in …
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The Modern Church as Not-for-Profit Organisation: Is it not Time for the Church to Become More Strategic?
For many centuries, churches have continued to play critical roles in society’s spiritual and social lives. As is the case …
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Modelling the Jewish Tzedakah Concept for Poverty Alleviation and Socio-economic Development in Africa: A Neo-Pentecostal Perspective
As the Jewish highest level of charity, Tzedakah remains a socio-economic system reputed for development in history. In African Christianity, …
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Contextual Bible Study as a Form of Contextual Theology: An Early Conceptual History
This article analyses the formative period of a particular form of contextual theology, South African Contextual Bible Study (CBS), from …
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An Appraisal of Gunther Wittenberg’s Theology of Hope in post-1994 South Africa
South Africa’s reluctance to deploy religion in the public sphere can be understood in terms of the country’s political and …
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Neither White nor Black: The Dutch Reformed Mission Church and the Colour Issue (1881–1982)
This study investigates the role and understanding of race, particularly “Coloured” identity on the formation and life of the Dutch …
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Appropriating and Exploiting Dreams as Technology in Kgašane’s Narrative of Conversion
The study of mission history is seldom reported through imaginative literature, drama in particular, and dreams as a technique to …
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Johane Masowe Chishanu Church Theology and Spirituality: A Transition from the Written Bible to Holy Spirit Utterances
This article was written at a time when decoloniality was generating a heated debate at most African universities. The point …
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The Mercurial Characteristics in Kenya’s Afro-Pentecostalism: Exploring some critical Pointers
In 21st century Africa, the Pentecostalism movement has demonstrated its unique characteristics in contrast to Euro-American Pentecostalism or any other …
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From Orthodoxy to Orthopraxis: A Theological Analysis of the Seventh-day Adventist Engagement with Development, Relief and Humanitarian Crises in Zimbabwe in the 21st Century
This article explores the role of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) in development and relief work in society, assessing whether it …
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Ruwadzano/Manyano: A Transformational Women’s Movement of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe 1920–2020
From its inception, the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (MCZ) was characterised by male-dominating leadership positions, whereas its growth and development …
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A Socially-engaged Theological Response to the Historic and Structural Nature of Food Insecurity in South Africa
Food insecurity in urban South Africa is situated in both historic and contemporary factors. This article argues that there is …
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Gender Inequality in the Church: Addressing Patriarchy within the Liturgical Spaces in the Johane Masowe Chishanu Church in South Africa
This article discusses gender inequality in the Johane Masowe Chishanu Church (JMCC), a Zimbabwean church that has established branches in …
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Marriage and Culture within the Context of African Indigenous Societies: A Need for African Cultural Hermeneutics
This article discusses the challenges which the institution of marriage faces within the African indigenous societies. Marriage is understood to …
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To Cast the First Stone: The Transmission of a Gospel Story, by Jennifer Knust and Tommy Wasserman
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Indissoluble and Valid Marriage in the Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church of Southern Africa: A Canonical Review
This article is based on a master’s research undertaken at St Augustine College of South Africa, Johannesburg from 2017 to …
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Zionism and Pentecostalism: Black Zionist Roots in the AFM of SA through the Lens of Decoloniality
Contrary to literature that recognises American missionaries John G Lake and Thomas Hezmalhalch as cofounders of the Apostolic Faith Mission …