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Au coeur du Silence
Au Cœur du Silence
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discernement protestant
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Christianisme charismatique africain et poids des ancêtres
Entre rupture proclamée et croyances persistantes, le pentecôtisme africain repense son rapport aux cosmologies héritées.
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A critical genealogy traces a century of charismatic movements
From 1906 to the present, the study distinguishes between Pentecostalism, the charismatic renewal, and African prophetic movements without conflating them.
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When the Body Slips Out of Control in Charismatic Cults
Ritual tremors and falls find an anthropological parallel in kundalini and possession, without erasing the theological differences
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Mami Wata Sirens and Water Spirits in African and Diasporic Charismatic Churches
The figure of Mami Wata and of water spirits runs through the art, folklore, and cults of Atlantic Africa before becoming, in certain revival milieus, an operator of demonic diagnosis. This article traces that trajectory, distinguishes documented facts from allegations, and proposes a Protestant framework of…
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Prophetic Authority Without Checks and Balances in New Prophetic Churches in Africa
Over the past two decades, a strand of African neo-Pentecostalism, often labelled New Prophetic Churches (NPC) or neo-prophetism, has concentrated spiritual authority in the person of a media-facing prophet little constrained by ecclesial safeguards. Drawing on peer-reviewed theological and sociological literature,…