Dreadlocks in the Church of Pentecost: Rasta or Rastafarians?
This paper discusses a controversy about the acceptance of dreadlocks that arose in the Church of Pentecost (CoP) in 2010. Based in Ghana and espousing a strong holiness ethics, the church had for many years held fast to a condescending rejection of people with locked hair. Originally, this was...
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2021
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PentecoStudies
Year: 2021, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 36–55 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ghana
/ The Church of Pentecost
/ Dreadlocks
/ Rejection of
/ Rastafari
/ Exclusion
/ Interfaith dialogue
/ History 2010-2020
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RelBib Classification: | AZ New religious movements KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDG Free church KDH Christian sects |
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Hair
B Church of Pentecost B holiness Pentecostalism B Dreadlocks B Ghana |
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