Nigerian Initiated Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches in the Czech Republic: Active Missionary Force or a Cultural Ghetto?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11270%2F14%3A10319107" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11270/14:10319107 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1572543X-12341302" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1572543X-12341302</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1572543X-12341302" target="_blank" >10.1163/1572543X-12341302</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Nigerian Initiated Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches in the Czech Republic: Active Missionary Force or a Cultural Ghetto?
Original language description
The phenomenon of the Nigerian Pentecostal/charismatic missionaries and communities led by them has been fairly well documented with respect to some Western European countries. However, much less attention has been given to the ministry of Nigerian-initiated Pentecostal/charismatic churches in Central Europe. The present paper seeks to fill this lacuna by exploring the ministry of three Nigerian-initiated churches in Prague, the Czech Republic, namely "The Mountain of Fire & Miracles Ministries", "Covenant Parish Prague" of "The Redeemed Christian Church of God", and "The Holy Ghost End Time Ministries Intl." The paper analyzes different strategies these churches use to move beyond their ethnic origin. On these particular case studies, it tests a thesis, suggested by various scholars with respect to the Nigerian Pentecostal immigration in Europe and, especially, Great Britain, which claims that Nigerian-initiated Pentecostal/charismatic churches in Europe fail to appeal to the populati
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AA - Philosophy and religion
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Exchange
ISSN
0166-2740
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
2014
Issue of the periodical within the volume
43
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
48-67
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
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