1. The problematic of exorcism and spiritual warfare: a dialogue with Apostle Dr Opoku Onyinah.
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Quayesi-Amakye, Joseph
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EXORCISM , *SPIRITUAL warfare , *FREE churches , *PENTECOSTAL churches - Abstract
This paper assesses how Apostle Opoku Onyinah critiques the practice of spiritual warfare among Ghanaian Pentecostal common believers. Spiritual warfare thrives on the belief that evil forces frustrate human existence. Consequently, it must be dislodged through militaristic engagement per exorcism/deliverance. This Ghanaian Pentecostal understanding often instils fear about and spiritualizes causal explanations of suffering. Today, much of what goes into exorcism is carried out in the prayer centres by lay leaders or ‘grassroots prophets’. In this paper we will see that this position does not enjoy wholesale acceptance by leadership typified in Onyinah. Through critical analysis the paper discloses Onyinah’s position and critique of spiritual warfare in the periphery. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2017
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