“…Data was analysed thematically, with demographics being interpreted and presented in a tabulated manner. The main findings of the research were that within the first year of being initiated on the ART program, participants tended to lean towards Christian faith as a source of consolation, in disbelief of their sero-status. …”
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“…The chapter explores the discourse of Christian exceptionalism constructed through religious texts circulated through WhatsApp group interactive situations during Zimbabwe Covid-19 necessitated lockdown. …”
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“…The truism of such a wisdom saying among Africans is validated when one takes a look at the planting of Christianity in Africa. …”
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“…At the start of the twenty-first century Africa is at the heart of global Christianity. An estimated 350 million Christians are found in its 54 countries, it has more recognized Christian denominations than any other continent, and worship takes place each Sunday in the majority of its many languages. …”
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“…The central argument of this chapter is that Pentecostal Christianity does not uphold the spirit of religious pluralism. …”
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“…As shall be seen, Africans did not regard Christianity as part of the colonization agenda. …”
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“…This discussion reveals and examines the intense dynamism of a highly unstable social practice in Southern Africa – the Modern African Pentecostal Movement (MAP) – as reflected in the discursive practice of a key actor, a Word of Life International Ministries (WoLIM) Senior Pastor, M.B. Shana. One of her prayer texts is examined from a perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). …”
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“…The competitive mode often assumed by some religions in such situations is a slap in the face of the spirit of interreligious dialogue. Pentecostal Christianity, for example, grows fastest among groups of people who find in it both a vision for themselves and a means of support for their families. …”
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“…It is a notion that persists in many Shona families, where Christian and traditional religious ritual practices co-exist. …”
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“…The second part outlines the Christian and indigenous interpretations of the cyclone. …”
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“…However, signs of fatigue in the Christian educated class in Chivi were already creeping in in the mid-1920s, when Andreas Pedzisai Shoko, a product of the DRC mission schools, founded one of the biggest independent churches in Zimbabwe, the Zion Apostolic Faith Mission or Zion yeNdaza. …”
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“…The conception that Christian marriage should be monogamous is an issue of scriptural interpretation otherwise the notion does not find scriptural basing. …”
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“…The chapter argues that by extending a hand of forgiveness to Mugabe, the Catholic Church demonstrated what ‘true Christianity’ is all about as expatiated by C.S. …”
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“…What he claims to be politi-cal pragmatism on his part is also inspired by the practical theology which he subscribes to. …”
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“…These were all found to be influenced by the composer’s education, Christian background, and cultural experiences. Other composers should try and copy composing techniques from composers like Samkange who has sufficient knowledge required for one to be prominent composer. …”
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