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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
There is a widespread tendency in modern, secular society to view law and religion as
unrelated except insofar as they may, from time to time, come into conflict. However, intimate
relations between the two have been ...
The Zimbabwean crisis has been on-going since the year 2000. The various ecumenical
bodies of the church in Zimbabwe have been voicing their concerns to the state through meetings
and pastoral letters. While the church ...
Biri, Kudzai; Manyonganise, Molly(MDPI, 2022-01-05)
This paper is a critical analysis of the witchcraft beliefs in Pentecostalism in post-colonial
Zimbabwe. While Pentecostals claim “a complete break from the past”, there have emerged new
dimensions that show that the ...
Kroesbergen-Kamps, Johanneke(HAU Society for Ethnographic Theory, 2020-12)
What are the current trends in the study of witchcraft in Africa? Twenty years ago, the “modernity of witchcraft” approach was
very influential. Although key texts from that framework are still often cited, its heyday ...
Van Wynen, Susan Elaine(University of Pretoria, 2020)
This research addresses the following issue: Traditional strategic planning philosophies and methodologies were not created or developed to reflect or support organizational participation in missio Dei (God’s mission). The ...
The Preamble to the Constitution embodies the dreams, aspirations, wishes and hopes of most South Africans who elected to opt for the freedom without violence path during the 1994 referendum and subsequent democratic ...
This study focuses on a critical analysis of the usage of 'submit to the governing
authority' (Romans 13:1) among some African Pentecostal preachers in Zambia. The
study deals with the role ordinary citizens in Zambia ...
This research deals with the importance of a missional appropriation of human trafficking for the sex work industry. This research is necessitated by a current limited theological reflection on this growing global issue ...
Religion within the urban environment has been debated for a few years now. The debate does not get easier, nor will it disappear overnight. There seems to be a few problems between these different structures and their ...
In both church as well as theological circles much attention has been paid, during the past decades, to the development of missional congregations. The General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa adopted a ...
Gusha, Ishanesu S.(University of Pretoria, 2018-02)
The tension between the Ndebele and Shona people dates back to the precolonial era and this has been one of the major threats to Zimbabwe’s peace. Ethnic tensions have resulted in the loss of thousands of lives since the ...
This study titled The golden Jubilee year: Luke 4:16-30 amidst poverty in Zambia looks at responsible ways of interpreting biblical texts in impoverished faith communities. The research question this study seeks to address ...
Worship music on the African continent has become a very contentious issue, especially in the contemporary religious settings. Music generally has also been identified to play a vital role in all forms of worship in Africa. ...