Reviewed by Marcus Dean, Professor of intercultural studies and missions, Houghton University, and former missionary in Colombia and Puerto Rico for 14 years
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Book review Members onlyAfricans frequently use stories to construct oral histories of their people or tradition. Older generations pass on family names, religious knowledge, and specific memories to younger ones who will tell others also.
Book review Members onlyEminent missiologist Charles H. Kraft is a key author and proponent of employing spiritual power in the proclamation of the gospel. As a professor of intercultural studies at Fuller Seminary, Kraft partnered with men like John Wimber and Peter Wagner in teaching about power encounters.
Book review Members onlyIn a viral video, a young African woman walks into her home wearing a surgical mask, evidently to conceal a rash. Her mother-in-law immediately arises from her sofa and launches into a “back-to-sender” curse-removal prayer punctuated by clapping and staccato invocations of the name “Jesus.”
