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The Pentecostal Body
From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. Gal 6:17, NIV We start this issue with the presidential address of Professor Sammy Alfaro at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies. The kernel of Alfaro’s speech is that pentecostal theology, particularly ecclesiology, practice, and politics, needs to be grounded in and directed by a commitment to social justice that flows from Spirit-filled life in Christ.
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Religious Studies Whither and Why: Deeper Move into the Sacred
Now What? Religious Studies Whither and Why? Religious Studies Whither and Why: Deeper Move into the Sacred First published: 30 April 2024
The Holy Spirit and the Image of God
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Nigeria is less communalistic than America
Ask an average group of Nigerians which country is more communal, Nigeria or America? They will likely choose the former, meaning we care for each other in ways that exceed what obtains in an individualistic country like the United States. They believe that communalism is, generally, the defining feature of Nigeria, whereas that of America is ruthless individualism. Is their observation correct?
TB Joshua scandal: the forces that shaped Nigeria’s mega pastor and made him untouchable
By Nimi Wariboko is a movement in Christianity that accents the charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit in the lives and communities of its members. It traces its origin to the birth of the church on the Day of Pentecost in of the Bible. Pentecostals believe that the gifts of the Holy Spirit poured out to Christ’s followers on that day, and that the miracles the apostles did in the first century still continue. Most Pentecostals believe that miracles are possible today.
Modi's political motives behind Ayodhya Hindu temple consecration
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi this week turned the consecration of the controversial Hindu Ayodhya temple into a massive national event. He invited, 8,000 VIPs including Bollywood stars, Hindu religious leaders, politicians and diplomats. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims also made their way to the town. Vikram Visana argues that the inauguration of the temple has little to do with Hindu religious doctrine.
the forces that shaped Nigeria’s mega pastor and made him untouchable
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TB Joshua scandal: the forces that shaped Nigeria’s mega pastor and made him untouchable
TB Joshua was a world famous Nigerian televangelist, faith healer and Pentecostal pastor who established The Synagogue Church of All Nations. Three years after his death a BBC investigation alleges Joshua raped, tortured and abused several of his followers over a period of 20 years. There are allegations of child abuse at his Lagos compound and that he faked his miracles. Nimi Wariboko is a leading theologian and social ethics expert who wrote the book Nigerian Pentecostalism.
Of letters, kinship and social mobility in Nigeria
A review of Olufemi Vaughan’s book, Letters, Kinship, and Social Mobility in Nigeria by Nimi Wariboko. THIS book, ‘Letters, Kinship, and Social Mobility in Nigeria,’ presents the family as a collective action. There is nothing novel about this perspective, you might say. However, when you realise what Professor Olufemi Vaughan has done in it is a deft presentation of “family worlds,” something akin to what Howard S.
Pentecostal Theologies of the Three Articles
A Pentecostal theology distinct from other Christian traditions was evident from the start of the modern-day Pentecostal revivals that occurred worldwide at the turn to the twentieth century. Yet, initially, Pentecostals viewed themselves as an ecumenical movement and did not develop an independent theological programme.
Emotion, After-Emotion
What’s love got to do, got to do with it? What’s love, but a second-hand emotion?
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Between Azusa Street and Stingless Death Is Pentecostal Scholarship
The history of Azusa Street running through time would inevitably carry all its memories to forgetfulness if it were not for pentecostal scholars who interrupt its course with new insights and perspectives. Their scholarship, embedded in Spirit-filled life, is a constant reminder that the pious actions that spiritual events enact, though they transform believers, are not born in order to live as vita activa alone but also to begin the life of the mind.
The Revelation and Re-veilation of American Politics
Politics in the United States of America is in a tumultuous era, with a divisiveness that has cracked open the preexisting social order. It seems as if American politics is in a life-and-death struggle for the soul of the nation. In this crucial moment, politics is both a revelation and a re-veilation. It conceals the beauty of the American common life, the interspaces of its democratic system, and the ideals of human flourishing that brought together and bonded its various and diverse groups.
Could Wike Be The End Of Atiku’s Sixth Run For President? By Fredrick Nwabufo
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, could be the kryptonite of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike has remained implacable and untrammelled. And he seems determined to take his pound of flesh after his humiliation by Atiku. Wike will not relent until he draws blood. There is a method to Wike’s madness. Wike cannot be dismissed or ignored. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) blundered when it discarded a sacerdotal principle – the zoning precept.
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Reception of Scripture and History in Pentecostal Keys
Reception is very important in the history of religion and theological scholarship. A prophecy is not only revealed but is also received. If prophets spoke and their audiences did not receive their inspired words and deem them worthy to be preserved and handed over to the next generation, then today we would not have their prophecies. Scriptures are not only passed down and live among us as transhistorical elements; rather, they also live and move in reception history.
Pentecostal Spirituality as Theory and Praxis of Theology
The lived experience of Pentecostals is constantly running forth and back between theory and practice. Pentecostal spirituality is a social practice that draws from theology, both experiential and rational, and from daily experiences, habits, and conducts. It creates a subjectivity that serves as the basis for intellectual reflection and social actions. It is situated between the rigidity of theology and the freedom of subjective actions.
A Concert of Many Tongues
This double issue of Pneuma was birthed out of a moment of opportunity in the history of pentecostal biblical scholarship. Across the globe, a generation of pentecostal biblical scholars has generated new layers of scholarship and interpretation of the canonical texts. Over the past several decades, the authors who have contributed to this issue, among others, have provided thick strata of material upon which contemporary pentecostal scholarship of the Scriptures stands.
Guantanamo Boys: a Tale of Three Nigerian American Military Men, By Henry Okoroafor
Premium Times October 11, 2020 Guantanamo Boys: a Tale of Three Nigerian American Military Men, By Henry Okoroafor2020-10-11T05:11:48+00:00 Opinion This is where we are now: Henry Okoroafor (Major, U.S. Army and a Fellow, Institute of Defense and Business, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Igo Wordu (Doctor of Law and Policy, Northeastern University, founder and president at Clei Group, Houston Texas; Abass Adigun Agboworin (Hon.
Nimi Wariboko and Humanistic Pluriversality, By Toyin Falola
As a trained economist and theologian, NEW founded theories and modelled approaches to the study of the society that blends theological teachings of nature and awareness of cosmic intelligence with the preoccupation of the economist in understanding material composition and distribution in the society. It is in light of this pursuit that his ideas on Pentecostalism and economic ethics express the critical points of Africanness.
Nigeria: Slightest Adjustment - the Best Solution for Nigeria
Nigeria needs her leaders and citizens to embrace this simple philosophy. Let us resolve to make the slightest adjustments to our lives or nation. Living our lives by only doing the smallest things may seem weak and foolish to some of us. Do remember, it is akin to the "weak force" of the Messiah. It points to the paradoxical weakness and foolishness of God that Paul describes... Nigeria's problems are big, and our leaders claim they cannot wrap their hands around them.
Mr. President: What Would the Buhari Legacy Be?, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The most important legacy the president should leave is an improvement of the security situation in the country. The expectation of Nigerians was that Boko Haram would be vanquished within the first year or two of his presidency. It did not happen. For over ten years now, the insurgency has endured and become entrenched as an existing reality, while the security agencies appear to have been at their wits end all through.
Slightest Adjustment: The Best Solution for Nigeria, By Nimi Wariboko
Premium Times May 28, 2020 Slightest Adjustment: The Best Solution for Nigeria, By Nimi Wariboko2020-05-28T23:49:45+00:00 Opinion Nigeria needs her leaders and citizens to embrace this simple philosophy. Let us resolve to make the slightest adjustments to our lives or nation. Living our lives by only doing the smallest things may seem weak and foolish to some of us. Do remember, it is akin to the “weak force” of the Messiah.
Of Nigeria, religion and religious identity » Arts and Reviews » Tribune Online
A review of Professor Olufemi Vaughan’s book, Religion and the making of Nigeria by Nimi Wariboko. PROFESSOR Olufemi Vaughan’s book supremely holds the reader’s interest, fittingly fires her curiosity, and graciously gives her the pleasure of an intellectual high. It tells — with ease and fluid prose — the complicated but important story of Nigeria’s state-society development in the context of, in interaction with, and in antagonistic and agonistic relationships with religious forces.
2020 Federal Budget Estimates: Matters Arising -By Eze Onyekpere
Nigerians welcomed the early presentation of the 2020 federal budget estimates by President Muhammadu Buhari on October 8, 2019 to the National Assembly in accordance with Section 81 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended. The budget, aptly titled, Budget of Sustaining growth and job creation, projects expenditure in the sum of N10.330tn. The 2020 proposals represent an 11% increase when compared to the 2019 appropriation of N9.12tn.
Here Is Why Nigeria Keep Going Down -By Nimi Wariboko
In Nigeria, the pursuit of perfection or excellence is almost a crime. You have heard that it has been said by the wise men and women that the perfect must not become the enemy of the good. But I say unto you, the perfect must be the enemy of the good. Oh Nigerians, let the perfect become the enemy of the good in our country.
Fatigued Sovereignty: Nigerian Nationhood in Despair, By Nimi Wariboko
Premium Times July 12, 2019 Fatigued Sovereignty: Nigerian Nationhood in Despair, By Nimi Wariboko2019-07-12T10:17:58+00:00 Opinion Now is the time for all patriotic citizens to rise up and repair Nigeria’s fatigued sovereignty. Yes, the set time has come for all of us to make unprecedented sacrifice and show unparallel devotion to the nation to help it avert the potential crisis of disintegration. This moment calls for unprecedented sacrifice and devotion.
President Buhari’s Cabinet and Implications For Youth Inclusion, By Ibrahim Faruk
Premium Times July 12, 2019 President Buhari’s Cabinet and Implications For Youth Inclusion, By Ibrahim Faruk2019-07-12T16:38:19+00:00 Opinion The Not Too Young To Run law has provided an opportunity for the emergence of competent young officials with character to contribute their quotas to national development in appointive positions in the federal and state cabinets. All eyes are now on President Buhari and the state governors as they constitute their cabinets.
Fatigued sovereignty: Nigerian nationhood in despair - TheCable
This moment calls for unprecedented sacrifice and devotion. Nigeria is threatened with the forces of nonbeing. The affective bonds between the nation and its citizens are under titanic stress. Its sovereignty is driving to the point of breakdown. Subversive herdsmen are threatening to dismember the nation, powerful men from the east are calling for collective self-defense, and some ex-generals in the north are calling on their ethnic folks to standup and fight like hell.
REVIEW: Ifeoma Fafunwa’s Hear Word and Levels of Adultery in Nigeria
On Friday, February 9, at Harvard University I saw the play Hear Word: Naija Woman Talk True, co-written and directed by Ifeoma Fafunwa. For about 100 minutes the audience was held spellbound, occasionally clapping, and when the play came to an end there was a standing ovation. The play highlights the sufferings of women in Nigeria and in so doing it raises fundamental questions about nation-building and social ethics. The play is deeply entertaining as it is profoundly philosophical.
Politics and investment climate in Nigeria
The paper was presented at One Nigeria Summit by Professor Nimi Wariboko of Boston University, September 16, 2017 My assigned topic “An unfavorable investment climate compounded by ethnic jingoism and secessionism.” The organizers of this summit assume that Nigeria’s current unfavorable investment climate is being compounded by ethnic jingoism and secessionism. Permit me to playfully challenge their Solomonic wisdom in crafting such a topic with “Oxford-educated Nigerian man” English.
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