Evangélicos fundamentalistas e política: uma análise da conjuntura brasileira (2018-2019) by Breno Martins Campos

“…No Brasil contemporâneo, grosso modo, fundamentalista qualifica o evangélico conservador ou reacionário, quase sempre pentecostal, e com inserção na mídia e na política. …”
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El concepto de imputabilidad en la llamada matanza de lonco Luán by Beatriz Kalinsky

“…Como hecho único, sin embargo, plantea importantes interrogantes desde dos puntos de vista: por un lado, la propia ocurrencia de hechos bizarros que fueron adjudicados a una suerte de "sincretismo cultural" frente a la llegada del evangelio pentecostal en una comunidad indígena mapuche. Por otro lado, frente a una causa penal inédlta, por la cantidad de detenidos, por la insuficiencia de los instrumentos técnico-legales y la incomprensión de la índole de los hechos ocurridos, parece imporante revisar más de veinte años después los procedimientos judiciales que se decidieron alrededor de esta causa. …”
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Music in Christian worship in Nigeria in light of early missionary attitude by Solomon O. Ademiluka

“…Applying the reader-oriented and phenomenological approaches, the article found that phases of musical adaptations in terms of indigenous genres, instruments and traditional and modern dance modes were introduced principally through the youth fellowship groups, indigenous choirs, the Aladura and the Neo-Pentecostal churches. While some critics have argued against these innovations, they have been found to have biblical support, particularly in the psalms. …”
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Church and Politics: An Assessment of the Bases and Approach of the Church’s Political Engagement in Ghana by Samuel Sarkodie-Addo, John Kwaku Opoku

“…Eight (8) members of the clergy and twenty-seven politicians (27) from the mainline, and the Pentecostal-Charismatic churches, were interviewed. …”
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Religious Hallucinations and Religious Delusions among Older Adults in Treatment for Psychoses in the Netherlands by Annemarie Noort, Aartjan T. F. Beekman, Arjan W. Braam

“…RHs were more prevalent in Evangelical (e.g., Pentecostal) and strict Protestant patients. The presence of RDs was associated with several measures of religiousness (e.g., dogmatism, religious coping). …”
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The Mediating Effect of Psychological Resilience between Individual Social Capital and Mental Health in the Post-Pandemic Era: A Cross-Sectional Survey over 300 Family Caregivers o... by Juxiong Feng, Pengpeng Cai, Xin Guan, Xuhong Li, Langjie He, Kwok-kin Fung, Zheyuan Mai

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Silas Malafaia, a Associação Vitória em Cristo e a defesa da família tradicional by Jonas Christmann Koren

“…Através de seu programa de televisão e da internet o pastor defende posturas de um conservadorismo explícito e vem se destacando ultimamente como liderança religiosa e política, não apenas entre o público pentecostal ou evangélico. O pastor elenca como principais inimigos da sociedade e da moral cristã aqueles que supostamente laboram pela dissolução da família nuclear tradicional, como os movimentos feministas e em defesa dos direitos dos homossexuais ou grupos taxados por ele pejorativamente de comunistas. …”
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Sermões evangélicos e idealização do comportamento feminino: uma análise bakhtiniana da voz do terceiro no discurso = Evangelical sermons and idealization of female Behavior: a bak... by Petrus, Wilton

“…A metodologia caracterizou-se pela análise dialógica do discurso, por meio da qual se buscou perceber, a partir dos sermões, como os pastores pensam a construção social do lugar de mulher, atendendo aos preceitos bíblicos da fé cristã pentecostal e neopentecostal. Para isso, foram utilizadas as reflexões de Bakhtin (2011) e Volóchinov (2017) sobre discurso e os apontamentos de Beauvoir (1967) a respeito dos enquadramentos de gênero. …”
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(Over)Staying (Dis)Gracefully: Dissecting Pastoral transitions in AOG BTG church in Zimbabwe by Dr. Kimion Tagwirei

“…In the Zimbabwean context of political and economic volatility, pastoral transitions have been a formidable ‘elephant’ in most classical Pentecostal denominations for a number of decades. Whenever anybody triggers its discussion, some parishioners hesitantly disengage in fear of provoking and hurting each other. …”
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Ecology: Its relative importance and absolute irrelevance for a Christian: A Kierkegaardian transversal space for the controversy on eco-theology by Hermen Kroesbergen

“…On the other hand, evangelical Christians are known for their ecological ‘blind spot’ (Davis 2000), until recently at least. Pentecostal proponents of the prosperity gospel preach a consumer-lifestyle for all Christians, which is not very eco-friendly (cf. …”
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Questions of Peace: Judges 6:11-32 and the Obstacles to Harmony between Gideon and His Elders by Lee Roy Martin

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A dupla linguagem do desejo na Igreja Evangélica Bola de Neve by Bruna Suruagy do Amaral Dantas

“…The interest of this neo-pentecostal denomination in moralizing the sexual behavior of the faithful is evident. …”
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Om gudsbildens gåtor. Rapport från ett forskarliv by Tryggve N. D. Mettinger

“…He sketches his valuable experience of growing up in a home where Pentecostal faith was conducive to a strong interest in the Bible and its world. …”
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VOCALISING FAITH AND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN GOSPEL MARKETING TEXT: A PRAGMA-DISCURSIVE STUDY OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS STICKERS IN NIGERIA by Tunde Ope-Davies (formerly Opeibi), Kofo Adedeji, Eniayo Sobola

“…It thus highlights the linguistic, pragmatic and socio-discursive significance of this new trend of professing and confessing beliefs and faith among modern Pentecostal Christians in Nigeria. …”
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How servant leaders navigate conflict: An analysis of Acts 15:36–41 by Justin R. Craun, Joshua D. Henson

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Guía de estudio de Introducción a las Sagradas Escrituras by Francisco Agustín Robles Rosado

“…Esta guía de estudio aborda la temática bíblica desde el visón cristiana protestante y pentecostal. Las iglesias católicas no reconocen la misma visión que la iglesia protestante sobre la cantidad de libros para el Antiguo Testamento. …”
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‘The threads in his mind have torn’: conceptualization and treatment of mental disorders by neo-prophetic Christian healers in Accra, Ghana by Lily N. A. Kpobi, Leslie Swartz

“…In this study, we sought to examine the beliefs of charismatic/neo-Pentecostal faith healers about mental disorders, as well as to examine the treatments that they employed to treat such disorders. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and help-seeking behaviour for mental illness in a Christian community by Nomthandazo Hlongwane, Vidette Juby

“…Setting: A descriptive, quantitative cross-sectional survey was conducted, comprising 300 congregants from a Pentecostal Christian charismatic church – Assemblies of God in KwaZulu-Natal. …”
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Undiagnosed human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients in a dental health-care setting in Benin City, Nigeria by O G Ogbebor, Clement Chinedu Azodo

“…Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in a Pentecostal missionary hospital in Benin City. The data of interest which included age, gender, occupation, primary reason for dental attendance, primary diagnosis, and HIV status were collected from the case notes with self-designed pro forma. …”
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Religion and HIV in Tanzania: influence of religious beliefs on HIV stigma, disclosure, and treatment attitudes by Ostermann Jan, Watt Melissa, John Muze, Yamanaka Yvonne, Zou James, Thielman Nathan

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A self-administered survey was distributed to a convenience sample of parishioners (n = 438) attending Catholic, Lutheran, and Pentecostal churches in both urban and rural areas. …”
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