Healing by material means in Jesus' miracles: Pentecostal and Igbo new religious movements among the Urhobo of the Niger delta
There is a rapid spread of Pentecostal churches in the Urhobo sub-region in Nigeria. This increasing interest in Pentecostal activity, according to the author, is enkindled by the fact that the Pentecostal churches practise healing by material elements. He shows the value of Igbo approaches to heali...
| Published in: | Africana Marburgensia |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universitätsbibliothek
1999
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Africana Marburgensia
Year: 1999, Volume: 32, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 71-86 |
| Further subjects: | B
Urhobo
B Sect B People B Traditional medicine B Tree trunk Ethnology B Christianity B Traditional culture B Nigeria |
| Summary: | There is a rapid spread of Pentecostal churches in the Urhobo sub-region in Nigeria. This increasing interest in Pentecostal activity, according to the author, is enkindled by the fact that the Pentecostal churches practise healing by material elements. He shows the value of Igbo approaches to healing. The author reveals the Urhobo cultural healing method in the context of acceptable tradition in the New Testament and the Christian church. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| ISSN: | 0002-0311 |
| Contains: | In: Africana Marburgensia
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