Christian Historical Heterogeneity in Sierra Leone: A Sociological Prospect and Interpretation
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چکیده
Sierra Leone, today a country with Muslim majority (78.6%), has undergone an intense process of Christian religious conversion. Christianity was first introduced in Leone 1792. Today, 20.4 % the population is Christian, ‘Born–Again’ or protestant surpassing previous national historic denominations Catholicism, Pentecostal, Anglicans, Baptists, Jehovah Witnesses and Apostolicism, mainly minority. churches are repertoire Nigerian Leonean leaders tutored by theocrats called redeemed leaders. This article seeks to establish dimension divergent groups terms follower compositions inject sociological lens these compositions, suggesting interpretations that influence perceptions diversions.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of humanities and social sciences studies
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2663-7197']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32996/jhsss.2023.5.1.2