Ongoing support for TB Joshua and his ministry can be explained by understanding the theological tradition in which he operated.
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African evangelism is born from – and often funded by – American evangelism, and with it comes a damaging cocktail of rightwing ideologies, especially during the Donald Trump years.
She was a radical and revolutionary figure who is just as important to the story of Christmas as her son.
South Africans are facing abuse at the hands of charlatan religious leaders.
Although American preacher John G Lake left South Africa in 1913, many shiny-suited pastors are keeping his religious tactics alive today.
Prosperity gospel in South Africa is in the news for all the wrong reasons. But for its followers, it’s not a con, just a different approach to God.
A 19th-century movement, New Thought, came to a have deep influence on the prosperity gospel - that faith could lead one to health and material wealth. What does it tell us about Trump’s faith?
Since the 1920s Pentecostal churches have had a major impact in South Africa’s Indian community. Their converts have grown larger than all the other Christian denominations put together.
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Full Professor of Ethics and Head of Department, Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, Director of the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology, Stellenbosch University
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Emeritus Professor, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor of the History of Christianity, Boston University
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Research Fellow, African Studies, Indiana University
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Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University
