Little Known Giants Traditions in Ethiopian Literature
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church is the only tradition that has preserved 1Enoch in full, and so the extent to which this text has influenced
Practice of Faith under COVID-19: Exceptional Cases
Included here are some cases that highlight exceptional behaviour under the novel coronavirus (CV) pandemic that cuts across religious boundaries. The Christian cases were drawn from the United States and South Korea; Islamic cases were drawn both from India and Iran; and the Hindu and Sikh cases were highlighted from India.
Role of Religions in the Spread of COVID-19
We are ordinarily disposed to look for evidence of the positive role religions play in society. Religion, as Durkheim posited, is a “force” that activates a sense of obligation in the faithful to reach beyond self. This impulse usually results in positive action and behavior. This essay, however, brings together exceptional cases that cut across religions where the ordinary functionalist positivity gives way to negative behavior. Here, irrationality, inwardness, and selfishness trump wisdom and altruism. This essay attempts to offer a glimpse into this reality with the worldwide spread of the novel coronavirus named COVID-19 in view. The evidence highlighted here shows that the faithful suspend reason in behaving with a sense or motive inspired by their faith even when it is clear there might be serious personal and social costs involved.
“Speaking from experience” – Comparing Mahdawi and Pentecostal approaches to equipment for outreach
The journey involves finer steps: retreat/trust in God, remembrance-ritual, the vision/illumination, and speaking from experience. The ability to speak in tongues was considered merely “the initial evidence of this experience”. The experience is embodied in the broader sense of becoming an extension of one’s mother community, and this becomes an instrument or means of this community’s lateral growth.
Covid-19, Trends in Global Mission, and Participation in Faithful Witness
Mission is shaped by the life and experience of the church, both past and present, and this in turn is the function of both the work of the Spirit of God and the interaction of the people of God with their contexts. In line with this position, we examine the impact of Covid-19, highlighting some elements of the global context of mission, trends in world Christianity and mission.
