New religious movements in Africa
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Religious
movements that have arisen in Africa starting in
the late 19th century. In the past one and a quarter
centuries Africans have started thousands of religious
movements.
The name "new religious movements" may
give the wrong impression. Most African new religious
movements are actually forms of CHRISTIANITY.
North Americans and Europeans have called
them "new" because Africans who rejected European
and North American control developed and
led them. In fact, however, the African movements
often resemble the early Christianity described in
the BIBLE more than Christianity in North America
and Europe does. For example, like the earliest
Christians, members of these movements often
believe in spirits, whom faith in JESUS allows them
to control, and they often heal by the power of
PRAYER. Some of these movements are now members
of the World Council of Churches (see ECUMENICAL
MOVEMENT). Other African new religious
movements build upon indigenous or native African
traditions. A few have arisen within ISLAM.
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