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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Religion & Spirituality

Divine Panegyric: Unveiling Yahweh’s Origins in Deuteronomy 33:2 to 3

Elkanah Oluwaseun Grillo — Osun State University · Vol. 32, No. 1 · 10 June 2026

Deuteronomy 33:2 to 3 presents one of the most enigmatic and revealing texts in the Hebrew Bible. Often read as a poetic prelude to Moses’ blessing of Israel, it functions less as simple hymnody and more as a panegyri...

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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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Religion & Spirituality

The Pentecostal Art of Anatheism: Response to Richard Kearney’s “God Making: Theopoetics and Anatheism”

Nimi Wariboko — Boston University · Vol. 32, No. 1 · 07 January 2026

Bringing Richard Kearney’s anatheisti philosophy into conversation with Nimi Wariboko’s account of African Pentecostal praxis, the paper argues that Pentecostal spirituality harbors a radical theological grammar beneath...

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African Literature

Revisiting Garrick Braide: Witchcraft, Revival, and the Future of African Pentecostalism

Innocent Karibo — University of Port Harcourt, Choba. Port Harcourt. · Vol. 31, No. 2 · 01 October 2025

Ndidi Justice Gbule (University of Port Harcourt

This article revisits the revivalist ministry of Garrick Sokari Braide (1882–1918) as a lens for critically engaging the development of contemporary African Pentecostalism. Braide’s campaigns against charms, moral corrup...

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Religion & Spirituality

What Does Prayer Do? A Naturalistic Interpretation

ThankGod Bekweri Amadi — University of Port Harcourt · Vol. 26, No. 1 · 12 June 2020

This paper critically examines the roles and theories of prayer in human existence. It raises questions on the logicality of some theories of prayer such as petition, confession and thanksgiving; since according to some...

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