He had enormous charisma and love for South Africa - he also had enormous wealth and made some questionable political choices.
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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.
Jacob Zuma’s religious utterances present a conundrum for scholars, as many poor South African Christians support his moral claims and celebrated his ill-gotten riches.
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Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics, Boston University School of Theology
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Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University
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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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Senior Research Associate, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal