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Life Trajectories in the Language Games of Islamic Reform and Pentecostalism in Cape Town 开普敦伊斯兰改革和五旬节派语言游戏中的人生轨迹

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n2a5

A. Tayob

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Religion and Migration in Iraq: Investigating the Reasons for Return of Internally Displaced Christians to Baghdeda 伊拉克的宗教与移民：调查境内流离失所的基督徒返回巴格达的原因a

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n2a2

Nora Monzer, Philipp Öhlmann

{"title":"Religion and Migration in Iraq: Investigating the Reasons for Return of Internally Displaced Christians to Baghdeda","authors":"Nora Monzer, Philipp Öhlmann","doi":"10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n2a2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n2a2","url":null,"abstract":"The emergence of the terrorist group, Daesh in 2014 and the international military campaign against it caused both a humanitarian crisis and mass displacement in Iraq. About 5.8 million people became internally displaced, and as of 2021, 1.2 million of them still remain in displacement. This article engages with the question of what motivates people to return from displacement to their area of origin. It investigates the role that religion played in the decision of internally displaced Christians to return to Baghdeda in the Ninewa Plain, Iraq's largest Christian town. Based on qualitative interviews, the article examines the factors influencing people's decisions to return. We find that religion contributes to an array of pull factors positively influencing the decision to return, within the nexus of other considerations such as security, reconstruction, and economic opportunities. Religion was found to contribute to the return decision through the respondents' Christian identity, the encouragement to return by religious leaders, and the reconstruction efforts led by the churches. However, while these factors contributed to motivating people to return, these alone are not sufficient to motivate Christians to stay in Baghdeda in the long-term if other important conditions like the security situation and economic opportunities are not in place.","PeriodicalId":42808,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Religion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139535129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Catholic Church's Dialogical Method and Engagement with the Zimbabwean State between 2000 and 2010 天主教会的对话方法以及 2000 年至 2010 年间与津巴布韦国家的交往

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n2a6

Stephen Phiri

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Planting Islam in Ghana: A Critical Review of the Approaches 在加纳种植伊斯兰教：对各种方法的批判性评论

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n2a4

C. E. Sarbah

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Problematizing Confession and Forgiveness in Prophetic Pentecostal Christianity: A Case Study of Rabboni Centre Ministries 先知五旬节派基督教中的忏悔与宽恕问题化：Rabboni 中心牧师个案研究

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n2a1

M. Frahm-Arp

{"title":"Problematizing Confession and Forgiveness in Prophetic Pentecostal Christianity: A Case Study of Rabboni Centre Ministries","authors":"M. Frahm-Arp","doi":"10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n2a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n2a1","url":null,"abstract":"During COVID lockdown the practice of confession was one of the aspects of the services at Rabboni Centre Ministries, a Prophetic Pentecostal Church, which changed significantly. People had to write their confessions and e-mail them to the church. These were then read out in the middle of various weekday services by a pastor who assured people that the Prophet and God forgave them. The Prophet and founder, Lesego Daniel proclaimed in January 2022 that people can only be set free through this public form of confession, thus making confession far more important in the church than it has ever been. Using discourse analysis this article examines the theological understanding of confessions expressed by followers in early 2023 and finds that they believed that their forgiveness was primarily dependent on the grace of the Prophet. Only some people believed that forgiveness from God was also necessary. Jesus Christ was not mentioned in any of the confessions and was not understood as the one who saves believers from sin and God's judgment. Confession and forgiveness were understood to be the central mechanism that allowed people to be restored to the Rabboni community and the Prophet. Using Bourdieu's notions of habitus, dispositions, and symbolic violence as a theoretical lens, this article argues that the church has established its own habitus in which the symbolic violence of dependence on the Prophet for forgiveness is understood as part of the disposition and power dynamics within the habitus of the church. By using this theoretical lens, the article aims to answer the question why believers conform to the teaching of the Prophet which makes them so dependent on him.","PeriodicalId":42808,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Religion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139628715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Restrictions on Funeral Gatherings during COVID-19: A Religious/Spiritual Perspective among the Zimbabwean Community Living in South Africa COVID-19 期间对葬礼集会的限制：生活在南非的津巴布韦人的宗教/精神视角

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n2a3

Phillip Musoni

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Transition from the Opium of Religion to Religion as Opioids: Abuse of Religious Teachings in the New Prophetic Churches in South Africa 从宗教鸦片到宗教阿片类药物的过渡:南非新先知教会对宗教教义的滥用

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2023-07-18 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n1a4

M. S. Kgatle, J. S. Thinane

{"title":"Transition from the Opium of Religion to Religion as Opioids: Abuse of Religious Teachings in the New Prophetic Churches in South Africa","authors":"M. S. Kgatle, J. S. Thinane","doi":"10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n1a4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n1a4","url":null,"abstract":"The New Prophetic Churches is a religion in the mix, demonstrated by their points of contact with classical Pentecostalism, the prosperity gospel, African independent churches, and African traditional religion. New Prophetic Churches have points of contact with classical Pentecostalism with reference to the doctrine of baptism in the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues. They are also influenced by the African traditional religions with reference to their connection with the spirit world. In addition, they have points of contact with the African independent churches concerning the use of healing and deliverance products. Furthermore, they have points of contact with the prosperity gospel in teaching the message of material blessing. The original form of these influences is presented in this article as opium religion, whereas the corrupted form of these influences is presented as opioid forms of religion. The latter refers to a somewhat dangerous mix of religious teachings, advocated by self-appointed spiritual leaders within the New Prophetic Churches. These spiritual leaders have concocted this mixture contrary to the original purpose of such teachings with the intention to satisfy their commercial desires to the detriment of the spiritual wellbeing of their followers and the sa-credness of religious teachings, particularly Christian teachings. Relying on a literary analysis, this article challenges the religious teachings of opioid religions that undermine the original good intentions with which these teachings are mixed. It suggests that any religious teaching in the Christian tradition should be consistent with the eternal purpose of God's mission, identity in Christ, and the fundamental tenets of the Christian tradition. There are neo-Pentecostal churches that are consistent with the mission of God, bringing solutions to various challenges in Africa. However, the focus here is on the New Prophetic Churches that have transited from the opium of religion to religion as opioids.","PeriodicalId":42808,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Study of Religion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44324749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Muslim Personal Law, Yes and No: Religious Leader's Views on its Legalization 穆斯林属人法，是与否：宗教领袖对其合法化的看法

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2023-07-18 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n1a2

M. Suleman

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The Politics of Post-Essential Islamic Liberation Theology: The Difference and Intersection between Farid Esack and Hamid Dabashi 后本质伊斯兰解放神学的政治:法里德·埃萨克与哈米德·达巴什的差异与交集

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2023-07-18 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n1a3

Ashraf Kunnummal

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White Izangoma: The Creation of New Significance or New Members of Traditional Healing-Divining Practice? White Izangoma：传统治疗潜水实践的新意义还是新成员的创造？

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Journal for the Study of Religion Pub Date : 2023-07-18 DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2023/v36n1a1

Agnieszka Podolecka

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