South Africans are facing abuse at the hands of charlatan religious leaders.
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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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Emeritus Professor, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Head of Department, Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology, Stellenbosch University
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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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