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How to Respect the Religious Quasi-Other? Methodological Considerations in Studying the Kimbanguist Doctrine of Incarnation 如何尊重宗教类他者?金班吉道成肉身学说研究的方法论思考

Faith in African Lived Christianity Pub Date : 2019-09-11 DOI: 10.1163/9789004412255_008

Mika Vähäkangas

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Breathing Pneumatology: Spirit, Wind, and Atmosphere in a Zulu Zionist Congregation 呼吸气体学:祖鲁犹太复国主义集会中的精神、风和气氛

Faith in African Lived Christianity Pub Date : 2019-09-11 DOI: 10.1163/9789004412255_015

Rune Flikke

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Gendered Narratives of Illness and Healing: Experiences of Spirit Possession in a Charismatic Church Community in Tanzania 疾病与治疗的性别叙述:坦桑尼亚灵恩教会社区的灵附经历

Faith in African Lived Christianity Pub Date : 2019-09-11 DOI: 10.1163/9789004412255_016

Lotta Gammelin

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The Sounds of the Christians in Northern Nigeria: Notes on an Acoustic History of Bachama Christianity 尼日利亚北部基督徒的声音:巴哈马基督教的声音史笔记

Faith in African Lived Christianity Pub Date : 2019-09-11 DOI: 10.1163/9789004412255_010

N. Kastfelt

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Fakery and Wealth in African Charismatic Christianity: Moving beyond the Prosperity Gospel as Script 非洲灵恩基督教中的虚假与财富:超越成功福音的脚本

Faith in African Lived Christianity Pub Date : 2019-09-11 DOI: 10.1163/9789004412255_007

Karen Lauterbach

引用次数: 6

Going to War: Spiritual Encounters and Pentecostals’ Drive for Exposure in Contemporary Zanzibar 走向战争:当代桑给巴尔的精神相遇和五旬节派的曝光

Faith in African Lived Christianity Pub Date : 2019-09-11 DOI: 10.1163/9789004412255_013

Hans Olsson

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Faith in African Lived Christianity – Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives: Introduction 信仰在非洲生活基督教-桥梁人类学和神学的观点:介绍

Faith in African Lived Christianity Pub Date : 2019-09-11 DOI: 10.1163/9789004412255_002

Mika Vähäkangas, Karen Lauterbach

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Pentecostal Praise and Worship as a Mode of Theology 五旬节的赞美和敬拜作为一种神学模式

Faith in African Lived Christianity Pub Date : 2019-09-11 DOI: 10.1163/9789004412255_009

M. Prosén

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What Has Kinshasa to Do with Athens? Methodological Perspectives on Theology and Social Science in Search for a Political Theology 金沙萨和雅典有什么关系?寻找政治神学的神学与社会科学的方法论视角

Faith in African Lived Christianity Pub Date : 2019-09-11 DOI: 10.1163/9789004412255_011

E. Bongmba

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The Dramatization and Embodiment of God of the Wilderness 荒野之神的戏剧化与化身化

Faith in African Lived Christianity Pub Date : 2019-09-11 DOI: 10.1163/9789004412255_014

I. Mukonyora

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