The vast prayer camps challenge stereotypes of Nigerian cities as chaotic, dysfunctional, and driven by religious tension.
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To secure health and wealth, many people combine elements from different religious traditions. One such movement is Chrislam.
Evangelical filmmakers turned prayers into special effects and spiritual battles into dramatic storylines and created a new genre.
He had enormous charisma and love for South Africa - he also had enormous wealth and made some questionable political choices.
Christianity is evolving. Mainstream churches like the Methodists and the Catholics are losing ground to indigenous and pentecostal groups.
World famous pastor offered ordinary Nigerians a spiritual explanation for their predicaments: economic hardship made them vulnerable to his power.
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Professor of West African Anthropology, SOAS, University of London
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Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics, Boston University School of Theology
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Professor of Public Theology in the Department of Beliefs and Practices, Faculty of Theology, at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Free University of Amsterdam), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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