So as we’re going to see, these aren’t just things that the church or Christianity or society could do differently. These are in many cases things you and I could do a little differently and maybe it wouldn’t bear some obvious fruit in our lifetime, but would have an enormous ...
In all three countries, high-profile charismatic ‘pastors’, ‘prophets’ and other faith healers have a significant presence on the radio and internet (see for example Shipley, 2009, re Ghana), and claim to transmit healing power directly through these technologies. Many young people follow ...
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Upon studying the bible from cover to cover and realizing many things were askew, and a lot of what he believed his entire life was not in line with what his research found, he left Christianity and went in search of the truth. After many twist and turns, ups and downs and after loo...
Though Christianity had won many converts since Olga's rule, Vladimir had remained a thoroughgoing pagan, taking eight hundred concubines (besides numerous wives) and erecting pagan statues and shrines to gods. He may have attempted to reform Slavic paganism by establishing the thunder-god, Perun...
In Luxor town, visitKarnak Temple,which was once the centre of all religious life in Egypt, built and extended over and over by generations. Linked by a recently uncovered two-mile Sphinx Alley, complete your sightseeing with aLuxor Templevisit. Ancient Egyptian, Coptic Christianity, and Islamic...
As I have argued elsewhere, the notion Asian values in many ways makes little sense, since Asia comprises many disparate cultural and religious domains ranging from Confucianism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. (Louie, 2007) However, very early on in the drive to find merit in Asian...
You don’t say that the worst year was 25 per thousand, lower than many other poor countries at the time. You deny that there was bad weather, even though foreign observers noted the Yellow River drying up. Nor that abnormally heavy rain was recorded in Hong Kong. You don’t explain ...
Many troop-contributing countries are almost as impoverished as the countries in which they serve. Compared to the UN, Nepal is in a weak position to pay the costs of cholera.99 Given the knock-on effects of accepting financial obligations over cholera, it is clear why neither UN ...
Both indigenous and Western Christian missionaries to Asian countries must grapple with how the gospel is sown and lived out in unique cultural contexts. In this Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Adonis Abelard O. Gorospe offers several angles to consider when reflecting on global Christianity and ...