The lives of black women in North America, historically, converge with socioeconomic conditions, creating health disparities between black women and other demographic groups. These health disparities co-exist alongside narratives about black women that contribute to rendering the bodies, and subsequently the health, of black women invisible or nonessential. Many traditional approaches to preach...

This article analyzes the politics of preaching in Turkey in the last decade by focusing on the appointment of women as preachers and vice-muftis by the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), a state institution established for the protection of secular foundations through religious service. It asks what happens when women wearing headscarves become civil servants and give religious...

For us, readers of Chaucer living in an age when appeal to religious passions and sentiments as a means for the realization of worldly objectives by some charlatans has grown significantly, reviewing the theme of religious hypocrisy treated in The Canterbury Tales can be useful in a way that it proves a helpful means for recognizing and dealing with the hypocrites. The Pardoner of the Tales is ...

Prosperity Theology is the teaching that believers have a right to the blessings of health and wealth and that they can obtain these blessings through positive confessions of faith and the “sowing of seeds” through the faithful payment of tithes and offerings. However, the literature reveals that most adherents to the prosperity gospel are not prospering financially and prosperity preachers hav...

The existence of Chinese Muslims in Indonesia is surrounded by a heavily prejudiced belief that Chinese-ness and Islam are considered "unsuitable". Muslims, particularly 'converts- turned-preachers', still unique identity. However, the rise online Islamic piety on Instagram has become one many ways for Muslims' to represent themselves and, some extent, "normalize" their identities. This paper d...

The Role of Woman Preachers to Empower Torajan People’s Economy. aim this research is analyze the role woman preachers empower people’s economy. It used qualitative phenomenology research. data were collected by interview and Focus Group Discussion informants through purposive snowball sampling. After that, validated technique, sources, researchers triangulation. In terms analysis, analyzed usi...