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Commercial Praxis of Neo-Pentecostal Churches and the Prosperity Gospel
The incursion of prosperity theology into the doctrinal space of some Charismatic and Neo-Pentecostal churches has generated fierce debate. The...
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The Role of Women Church Leaders in Peacebuilding and Social Economic Transformation in Post-Conflict Uganda
Whereas women are mostly essentialized as victims in conflict situations and often times excluded from conflict resolution and transition forums,...
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The Loosing of the Holy Spirit: The Charismatic Movement Takes Off, 1979–1995
This chapter first discusses the more prominent church growth initiatives in Taiwan in the 1970s, including the Taiwan Church Growth Society’s...
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“Give Me Eight More Young and Devoted Priests”: Setbacks and Successes in the Early Twentieth Century
By the beginning of the twentieth century, British Malaya had achieved considerable stability, and its interstate connectivity foreshadowed the...
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Thinking Through the Emotions with Korean Confucianism: Philosophical Translation and the Four-Seven Debate
The complex fields of emotional experience and embodied moral subjectivity are engaged in the context of the Four-Seven Debate in Korean...
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Wang Fuzhi’s Life and Dreams
As a Ming loyalist, upon the Manchu’s conquest, Wang Fuzhi joined the Yongli court of the Ming prince and struggled for the restoration. After the...
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Asian American Women’s History Is American Religious History
In spite of American religious history’s increased attention to women, gender, and sexuality as central categories of study, the field has largely...
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Pastrami, Verklempt, and Tshootspa: Non-Jews’ Use of Jewish Language in the United States
Jews in the United States use many Hebrew and Yiddish words in their English conversation. To what extent do non-Jews pick up these linguistic...
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The Settlement of an (Eastern) Latin Church in a (Western) Latin Country
The chapter analyzes the organizational adaptations of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Italy, and it examines the main pattern of glocalization of...
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Political Reconstruction
Wang Fuzhi’s hatred for the Manchu led him to hope that Chinese and nomads each of type would keep to their “natural” category without undue...
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From the Im** War (1592–1598) to the Silk Letter (1801): The Long Endurance and Sufferings of Early Korean Catholics
In the stories of Korean Catholicism starting from the sixteenth century, recognizing the connections to neighboring states in East Asia, such as...
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Evangelization Through Education, from Simple Schooling to Universities in China
This essay deals with the missionary’s contribution to China’s education and the time frame dating from the eighteenth-century to the present. The...
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The Surprising Work of God, 1970–1979
This chapter identifies the seven most significant clusters of pentecostal-charismatic activities that were at work in Taiwan in the 1970s. To bring...
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Introduction
As this book is about how Malaysian Christians utilize the internet to express and engage with their faith, the introduction provides the context and...
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Of Riches and Faith: The Prosperity Gospels of Megachurches in Singapore
This chapter examines the development and character of the prosperity gospels in Singapore. It sets out the historical shifts that have made it...
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Overall Reaction to the Islamisation Phenomenon
While public discussion about the Islamisation Phenomenon is quite limited, there are a few public critics, and this chapter provides a sample of the...
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Combating Halal Misconceptions in Malaysia: Review of Halal Online Information Media
Halal food is a concept governed by the Islamic law with the purpose of encouraging healthy lifestyle. The terms and regulations are derived from the...
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Sharing and Holy Hugs: The Birth and Development of Intimization in Charismatic Stockholm
This chapter addresses a phenomenon that has become widespread in Stockholm County’s Charismatic churches: an increased emphasis on close...