• A duplication of marriages? An ethnographic account and assessment of the necessity for both traditional and Christian marriages for African Christians 

  Dube, Elijah Elijah Ngoweni (Africa Journals, 2024-03)

  This article is based on ethnographic research for a doctoral study that was conducted in 2016 among the Ndau people of Chimanimani, Zimbabwe. The article described and assessed the practice of some African Christian ...
• They have killed your prophets : Roman Catholic Church priests in Nigeria and (non) state actors 

  Uroko, Favour Chukwuemeka (AOSIS, 2024-07-03)

  This article examines why Roman Catholic priests are targeted by kidnappers and Islamic extremists in Nigeria. Although there have been studies carried out on kidnapping in Nigeria, to the best of the researcher’s knowledge, ...
• The therapeutic importance of the study of the effects of the near-death experience 

  Jock, Agai Matthew (AOSIS, 2024-01-23)

  During the near-death experience (NDE), most percipients do express a high level of orderliness; yet at some instances, some percipients show some symptoms of trauma. It is pertinent to notice that a great quantity of ...
• COVID-19 vaccines, sexual reproductive health and rights : negotiating sensitive terrain in Zimbabwe 

  Manyonganise, Molly (AOSIS, 2024-02-28)

  The COVID-19 period caused a lot of suffering globally, as millions lost their lives while others went through the pain of being infected. The introduction of vaccines to minimise chances of infection and death was a ...
• Church uniforms as signs of piety : an exploration of the significance of church regalia in the United Baptist Church of Zimbabwe 

  Dube, Elijah Elijah Ngoweni (Southern African Missiological Society, 2024)

  The church founded by the South Africa General Mission (SAGM) missionaries in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe, is now called the United Baptist Church (UBC) of Zimbabwe (Dube, 2017; 2022). Like other missionary-founded churches ...
• Religion, water and climate change : are theologies of African Initiated churches in Zimbabwe adaptable? 

  Manyonganise, Molly; Matutu, Tawanda (AOSIS, 2024-11)

  An eco-theological analysis of African Initiated Churches (AICs) has revealed that most of these churches use water for a myriad of rituals ranging from baptism to consecratory rites. Their affinity with water even ...
• The place of water in the Ndau religion of Zimbabwe 

  Dube, Elijah Elijah Ngoweni (AOSIS, 2024-10)

  There is a gap in studies focussing on Ndau traditional religion and water. Most research addresses nature conservation rather than examining how water is perceived by the Ndau people. This study aims to explore the ...
• Unmasking Nigeria’s leadership conundrum : the role of the church 

  Onuorah, Chioma P. (AOSIS, 2024-08)

  The intricacies of Nigeria’s leadership challenges present a formidable obstacle to the nation’s progress. Corruption, political instability, and ethnic and religious tensions form a complex web that impedes development. ...
• Humans and the de-creation of God in the contemporary society 

  Ekeke, Emeka C.; Nwosu, Enyioma E. (AOSIS, 2024-07)

  The contemporary era witnesses a profound shift in humanity’s relationship with the concept of God, characterised by the de-creation of traditional religious frameworks. This paper provides an overview of this phenomenon, ...
• I believe in water : a religious perspective on rain and rainmakers 

  Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS, 2024-08)

  Water has always played a significant role in religions. This contribution seeks to investigate comparatively the figure of the rainmaker as presented in Traditional African religions and biblical texts. The phenomenon ...
• Interreligious dialogue 

  Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS, 2023)

  Interreligious dialogue is a process of communication and an attempt at establishing mutual respect and understanding between people from different and even no religious affiliation. The desired outcome of interreligious ...
• Bindepinde [stout rope] theology and religio-political dialogue in Zimbabwe 

  Dube, Edmore (AOSIS, 2023-12-26)

  The article is motivated by a growing interest to solve local problems by infusing indigenous knowledge systems. It discusses the strained interface between religious and political actors using a local brand of theology, ...
• A fart in the corridors of power : a socio-theological analysis of Evan Mawarire and Raymond Mpandasekwa’s activism 

  Muzambi, Prosper; Dombo, Sylvester (AOSIS, 2023-12-26)

  #ThisFlag movement was started by Pastor Evan Mawarire in April 2016 bemoaning the collapse of the Zimbabwean economy at the hands of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) government under President ...
• South Africa General Mission (SAGM) missionaries and the Ndau people of Chimanimani, Zimbabwe 

  Dube, Elijah Elijah Ngoweni (Southern African Missiological Society, 2022)

  South Africa General Mission (SAGM) missionaries evangelized the Chimanimani District of Zimbabwe from 1897 onwards. SAGM missionaries focused exclusively on this Ndau territory in the light of the pact between missionaries ...
• Religious faith traditions tussle with rampant corruption toward sustainable development : search for the missing links in light of ubuntu 

  Chinyena, E. (University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2022-06)

  There is a raging debate in scholarly discourse on the role of religious faith traditions in influencing firm dispositions on various institutions and economic growth. Religious faith traditions are fighting rampant ...
• Drivers of and the current church stand on infidelity among the clergy in the church of the province of Uganda 

  Mulindwa, Richard (University of Pretoria, 2024-01-20)

  The Church of the Province of Uganda is one of the most well-positioned churches as far as inculcating good morals, leading people to salvation, and ensuring optimal spirituality. However, the achievement of the five marks ...
• Realist literature, gender and gullibility in African Pentecostalism : the case of Chiundura Moyo's Kereke Inofa 

  Gudhlanga, Enna S.; Madongonda, Angeline M.; Manyonganise, Molly (AOSIS, 2023-03)

  There is a general consensus among religious scholars that Pentecostalism has risen phenomenally in Africa and Zimbabwe is no exception. In most cases, Pentecostalism has been presented as a sophisticated brand of Christianity ...
• “God is in control” : religious coping in sermons about the COVID-19 pandemic in the Reformed Church in Zambia 

  Kroesbergen-Kamps, Johanneke (Springer, 2024-02)

  Coping is one of the mechanisms employed by people to deal with crises or disasters such as the global COVID-19 pandemic. The RCOPE, developed by Kenneth Pargament et al., is a quantitative scale to measure styles of ...
• Alcohol abuse in African traditional religion : education and enlightenment as panacea for integration and development 

  Ekeke, Emeka C.; John, Elizabeth O. (AOSIS, 2023-05)

  Alcoholism is endemic in Nigeria’s traditional religion and society. This abuse is especially common at New Yam festivals, Ekpe, Ekpo and Nmanwu masquerades festivals, burial rituals, birth, marriage and naming ceremonies. ...
• COVID-19, gender and health : recentring women in African indigenous health discourses in Zimbabwe for environmental conservation 

  Manyonganise, Molly (AOSIS, 2023-03)

  In precolonial Africa, women were the major authorities in herbal remedies within their own homes and at the community level, where they focused on disease prevention and cure. Such roles were pushed to the periphery of ...

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