‘When Faith Is Not Enough’: Encounters between African Indigenous Religious Practices and Prophetic Pentecostal Movements in Zimbabwe

African Pentecostalism remains the fastest growing form of Christianity on the African continent. Scholarship on Zimbabwean Pentecostalism has noted how the emergence of New Pentecostal Movements (NPMs), specifically Prophetic Pentecostalism (PP), has increased this growth. Apart from other attracti...

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Publié: MDPI 2024
Dans: Religions
Année: 2024, Volume: 15, Numéro: 1
Sujets non-standardisés:B African Pentecostalism
B Prophetic Pentecostalism
B Christianity
B African Traditional Religion(s)
B New Pentecostal Movements
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