Light of Life Christian Group as a New Religious Movement in Zimbabwe: Essential Steps Towards Eucharistic Intercommunion

The birth and rapid growth of new religious movements in Zimbabwe is a marked phenomenon in the history of Christianity in Africa. Ever since the Reformation that split the Western Church in the 16th century, a number of efforts have since been made by various new religious movements to try and fost...

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Main Author: Mudyiwa, Misheck (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Exchange
Year: 2015, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 144-176
RelBib Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDH Christian sects
KDJ Ecumenism
NBH Angelology; demonology
NBP Sacramentology; sacraments
Further subjects:B Light of Life Christian Group Church in Zimbabwe Eucharist intercommunion ecumenism in Zimbabwe
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