# Research

Canonical: https://ntilia.com/u/silence/s/recherches?lang=en

This collection brings together studies of charismatic and prophetic movements in Africa and beyond. It covers prophetic authority, spiritual abuse and trauma, spiritual warfare, ancestral cosmologies and the history of Pentecostalism. Each paper tests academic sources and fieldwork against Scripture from a Protestant perspective, seeking discernment without stigma.

- [Prophetic Authority Without Checks and Balances in New Prophetic Churches in Africa](https://ntilia.com/u/silence/en/prophetic-authority-without-checks-and-balances-in-new-prophetic-churches-in-afr)
- [Mami Wata Sirens and Water Spirits in African and Diasporic Charismatic Churches](https://ntilia.com/u/silence/en/mami-wata-sirens-and-water-spirits-in-african-and-diasporic-charismatic-churches)
- [When the Body Slips Out of Control in Charismatic Cults](https://ntilia.com/u/silence/en/when-the-body-slips-out-of-control-in-charismatic-cults)
- [A critical genealogy traces a century of charismatic movements](https://ntilia.com/u/silence/en/a-critical-genealogy-traces-a-century-of-charismatic-movements)
- [Christianisme charismatique africain et poids des ancêtres](https://ntilia.com/u/silence/fr/christianisme-charismatique-africain-et-poids-des-ancetres)
- [The pineal gland is not a spiritual “third eye."](https://ntilia.com/u/silence/en/the-pineal-gland-is-not-a-spiritual-third-eye)
- [Sending Evil Back to the Sender. The “Back to Sender” Prayers of African Spiritual Warfare Put to the Test of the Bible](https://ntilia.com/u/silence/en/sending-evil-back-to-the-sender-the-back-to-sender-prayers-of-african-spiritual)
- [Church or Cult? How to Recognise Spiritual Abuse and Leave](https://ntilia.com/u/silence/en/church-or-cult-how-to-recognise-spiritual-abuse-and-leave)
- [How to Recognise False Prophets and False Apostles](https://ntilia.com/u/silence/en/how-to-recognise-false-prophets-and-false-apostles)