Exploring the intersectionality of culture, sacrificial offering, and exploitative prosperity gospel rhetoric in Africa

Research has well documented the evidence of the growth of prosperity gospel churches across the globe, but there is a dearth of studies that investigate the interface between culture and exploitative rhetoric among African prosperity gospel ministers. Examining the concept of making sacrificial off...

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Main Author: Udechukwu, Judith I. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2021
In: Church, Communication and Culture
Year: 2021, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 267-284
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CD Christianity and Culture
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B sacrificial offering
B Prosperity Gospel
B Africa
B Rhetoric
B Culture
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