Unsafe spaces?: an ecclesiological evaluation and response to recent controversial practices in some South African neo-Pentecostal churches

From a communal perspective of the church, this article analyses critically the controversial practices reported in some South African neo-Pentecostal (SANP) churches, such as feeding congregants with grass. The article examines the effect of the controversial practices on the meaning of the church....

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Main Author: Banda, Collium (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2020]
In: Verbum et ecclesia
Year: 2020, Volume: 41, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-10
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Africa / Reformed congregation / Spirituality / Neo (Artificial language) / Miracle / Ecclesiology
IxTheo Classification:CA Christianity
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B Miracles
B spiritual abuse
B Ecclesiology
B abusive religious practices
B communality
B South African neo-Pentecostalism
B Commodification
B commercialisation
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