Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
PulseExploreClubsResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeClubsExplore
September 10, 2025E-Journal of Religious and Theological StudiesOpen Access

Pentecostal Conceptions of Evil Forces: An Exposition on Warfare Prayer and Imprecation in Modern Nigeria

View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Authors

JEJemimah Ogechi EkechiPan-Atlantic University

Discussion

Loading...

Member takes

Implication

Qualitative research explores the effects of witchcraft beliefs on social division in Zimbabwe, highlighting necessary cultural reforms.

Key Points

  • Witchcraft beliefs foster fear and suspicion, leading to social conflict within families and communities.
  • Qualitative methods included ethnographic accounts and literature reviews from local communities and scholars.
  • Cultural heritage practices like witchcraft can undermine social cohesion, calling for a re-evaluation of their implications.
  • This analysis addresses cultural reform, aiming for unity and development in postcolonial African societies.

Cite This Study

Jemimah Ogechi Ekechi (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1ad6a54b1d3bfb60e5e69https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.20251173
View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1‘Warfare’ Pentecostalism, Poverty and Welfare Provisioning in Southwestern Nigeria2019 · 3 citations
  2. 2Pentecostal Conceptions of Warfare Prayer among the Yoruba in Southwestern Nigeria2022 · 3 citations
  3. 3Mediating the Global and Local in Nigerian Pentecostalism1998 · 253 citations
  4. 4Reading Psalm 23 In African Context2018 · 19 citations
  5. 5‘We Are Soldiers in God’s Army’: Spiritual Warfare and Adoption of Military trope in Pentecostal Charismatic Churches in Southern Africa2021 · 12 citations