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Publié le 14/02/2017 dans Euro-Synergies par Ratatosk | Lire la suite...

A new leading figure of the European research field on African churches

Remember Annalisa Butticci ’s name : as the Padova International Conference on Pentecostalism reaches its end today, she’s the one to be praised (along with her mentor Enzo Pace ) for boosting studies on Pentecostal and immigrant churches in Latin Europe.  After having completed her Ph.D in Sociology and Methodology for Social Science Research from the Catholic University of...

Publié le 09/06/2012 dans French Windows par A lire | Lire la suite...

Kingdom Theology : a shift within Health and Wealth Gospel?

As a keynote speaker at the 2012 Padova international conference on Pentecostalism (Italy), I was glad to present my paper today (Friday 8th of June, 2012). I was not the only one : several fascinating studies have been presented, including one describing a theological schift occuring within the Health and Wealth Gospel trend in Nigerian Pentecostalism.  Click to continue...

Publié le 08/06/2012 dans French Windows par A lire | Lire la suite...

Religion studied by social sciences: the visual turn

As I attended the first day of " Pentecostals, politics of space and power ", the Padova international Conference organized by Professor Enzo Pace and Annalisa Butticci , let's highlight one inspiring concept emphasized by Annalisa Butticci : contemporary teaching and science are facing a "visual turn". Less texts, more images . Social sciences have to adapt! It makes all the more...

Publié le 07/06/2012 dans French Windows par A lire | Lire la suite...

Pentecostals, politics of space and power (Padova, 7-9 June 2012)

Pentecostals in Italy ? Nothing really new, as Pentecostals spread in the motherplace of Catholicism since the beginning of the XXth Century. However, this italian pentecostal landscape is rapidely changing through African first-generation immigrants, mainly from Ghana and Nigeria . More and more new African Pentecostal Charismatic Churches are now spreading in cities like Milano,...

Publié le 06/06/2012 dans French Windows par A lire | Lire la suite...