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Witchcraft Accusations and the Care of the Church
Robert Priest
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Church Leaders and Theologians Tackle Challenge of Witchcraft and Witch Accusations in Africa
Robert Priest
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Suffering and the Persistent Nature of
Witchcraft beliefSamuel Waje Kunhiyop
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What Is Witchcraft?
Opoku Onyinah
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Discovering Witches
Steve Rasmussen
About Witch Accusations
Health problems, death, infertility, and financial problems are widely attributed to “witches” thought to be acting through evil occult power. Elderly women are the ones most often alleged to be witches, among other vulnerable groups.
Through a 2012 Henry Center grant, African Theologian Tite Tiénou and Missiologist Bob Priest, both TEDS faculty members, have spearheaded an international, interdenominational conversation.
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Prophetic Media and Witchcraft
A person can bless those he loves and curse those he hates. Even someone with...
Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu | September 29, 2017
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Witches: African or American?
In African countries like Ghana where people take delight in inscribing cryptic religious statements on...
Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu | August 9, 2017
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The Mysterious Flying “Witch Lights” of ARU
In the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, believers in witchcraft claim to observe empirical evidence...
Andy Anguandia-Alo | August 2, 2017
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Roots, Realities & Responses: Lessons Learnt in Tackling Witchcraft Accusations against Children
"Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries...
Robert Priest | July 24, 2017
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Witchcraft 'here to stay'?
For some scholars, witchcraft in Africa will disappear one day as it did in Europe,...
Andy Anguandia-Alo | December 5, 2016