General Articles
Regardless of one’s moral stance toward Prosperity theology, its global impact cannot be dismissed as it continues to grow in influence, including within centers of political power, writes Simon Coleman (University of Toronto) in the bulletin of the Observatoire International du Reli
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) continues to expand and grow more international in Spain, reports the Salt Lake Tribune (May 2). The church has grown more among immigrants than among native Spanish people, Mark Eddington writes.
Chinese evangelical Protestant churches are expanding in France, congregations originating from several Chinese Christian diaspora groups that shared the same faith without being homogeneous.
Ukrainian Protestants are grappling with their historical commitment to pacifism in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country, which has forced them to reassess their beliefs amid the violence, reports David Kirichenko in the Kyiv Post (April 13).
The recent terrorist attacks by Islamic jihadists against tourists in Kashmir and the threats by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pursue them and their backers in Pakistan have revealed an emerging marriage between radical Islam and communism, reports the Washington Free Beacon (Ap
The belief in Nigeria that there are months of the year particularly marked by demonic forces has been influenced by a combination of Pentecostal and indigenous African beliefs, writes Nduka Udeagha in the Journal of Religion in Africa (online in April).
New religious movements in the Philippines are having an impact on politics, but they are also likely to feel the repercussions of this contentious election year, writes Yuchen Ma in the online journal Religions (April 7).
As its momentum has dissipated, Hillsong’s place within the Contemporary Congregational Song (CCS) industry has been irrevocably altered, writes Daniel Thornton (Alphacrucis College, NSW, Australia) in the journal Religions (March 27).
New Calvinist theologian John Pieper