Articles — Kiabara Journal of Humanities

Religion & Spirituality

The Big Man of God: Power Dynamics, Status Symbols, and Financial Negotiations in Neo-Pentecostalism

Chigozie Samuel Nwaka — Covenant Theological Academy, Umunam-Atta Njaba LGA Imo State, Nigeria · Vol. 33, No. 1 · 05 September 2026

In the context of widening socio-economic inequalities, weakened state institutions, and growing conditions of global precarity, Nigerian Neo-Pentecostalism has emerged as a significant arena for negotiating religious au...

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Refracting Structural Precarity: The Rise of the Zion Prayer Movement Outreach and Community Mobilisation

Onyewuchi Christopher Opara — University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt · Vol. 33, No. 1 · 05 September 2026

Amaechi Goodwin Chukwuma Heart University of Port Harcourt

Contemporary scholarship has explained the remarkable growth of African Pentecostalism through prosperity theology, charismatic leadership, public religion, and the social consequences of economic insecurity. While these...

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Prosperity Theology and Women’s Religious Agency in Rural Assemblies of God Church

Nsikak Effiong Okon — University of Port Harcourt · Vol. 32, No. 1 · 03 June 2026

John O. Obineche Ben O. Onu

This article examines how prosperity theology shapes women’s religious agency within Assemblies of God churches in rural Rivers State, Nigeria. Rather than treating the prosperity gospel as either purely liberative or ex...

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