Worship and Social Engagement in Urban Aboriginal-led Australian Pentecostal Congregations

Riches, Tanya

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“…In another study, she added that the weekly Bible studies some religious communities conduct introduce beliefs to new converts, gradually transforming their selfworth (Freeman, 2013). Another explanation was provided by Riches (2017), who focused on religious communities of Aboriginals in Australia to understand how religious communities influence identity transformation. She concluded that worship rituals induce physical and emotional responsiveness,…”

Section: Repairing a Marred Identitymentioning

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Wellbeing Conceptual Model: Why Identity Deserves Discriminate Consideration

Dambula

2023

EJDEVELOP

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This paper proposes a high-order conceptual model of human wellbeing that isolates identity among other discriminate variables that are constituents and determinants of wellbeing. Drawing on germane literature, the paper understands wellbeing as a dynamic and subjective state that is satisfied when individuals can pursue and achieve their aspired quality of life. Achievement of this state is facilitated by conversion factors that can be summarized into three overarching categories namely environmental, social, and personal conditions. These conversion factors enable individuals to transform resources or opportunities into functionings or their desired outcomes. The paper notes the vital role and magnitude of the influence of identity on human action in the pursuit of wellbeing at individual level and proposes a high-order conceptual model of wellbeing expressed as a function of identity, environmental, social, and personal conditions. Although identity is an element of personal conditions, it is argued here that identity deserves to be considered discriminately in the wellbeing model because of its unique and profound influence on human action, which lends weight to the explanatory power of the conceptual model of wellbeing. The paper appeals for inclusion of identity transformation interventions in the agenda of development practice and recommends areas that need further research.

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Section: Repairing a Marred Identitymentioning

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Wellbeing Conceptual Model: Why Identity Deserves Discriminate Consideration

Dambula

2023

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“…The music of Pentecostal Romani in Portugal and Spain, later also in Angola, was investigated by Ruy Llera Blanes (2005Blanes ( , 2008. In her monograph, Tanya Riches provides an ethnographic account of three Australian Pentecostal congregations with Aboriginal senior leadership (Riches 2019).…”

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Sounds, Emotions, and the Body in Pentecostal Romani Communities in Slovakia

Belišová

2024

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In the past, the Romani in Slovakia identified with the prevailing religion, mainly with the Roman Catholic Church. However, the missionary activities of various Christian denominations after 1990 resulted in the conversion of the Romani to Pentecostal Christian communities. This launched a long, creative process of the formation of Pentecostal Romani music. Romani believers consider music and the ability to play and sing to be a gift from God and view these as a form of prayer that should serve for the praise of God. That is why many have given up their worldly music making and now play only praise songs. They gradually modified the hymns they borrowed and replaced them with their own creations. The soundscape of religion does not lie only in religious singing and music, as the emotional sermons and prayers, glossolalia and sounds during the healing and blessing rituals can also be considered religious sounds. During the worship services, this mixture of various sounds leads to the gradual spiritual and emotional unification of the community. The music and the rituals create feelings of intense sensory and emotional character that reflect in bodily expressions. Movements, dance, and the positions of the hands can help glorify God and experience the worship service more intensely. However, under certain circumstances, they might become sources of temptation and sin. This is related to the concepts of “purity” and “impurity”. The premises, whether sacral or profane, interior or exterior ones, also play a significant role in creating the sound. In writing this paper, I have also drawn on my own research on Romani Christian songs, which I carried out in (2012–2013 in Eastern Slovakia).

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On the Nature of Ordering

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2022

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research

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Worship and Social Engagement in Urban Aboriginal-led Australian Pentecostal Congregations

Cited by 3 publications

References 101 publications

Wellbeing Conceptual Model: Why Identity Deserves Discriminate Consideration

Wellbeing Conceptual Model: Why Identity Deserves Discriminate Consideration

Sounds, Emotions, and the Body in Pentecostal Romani Communities in Slovakia

On the Nature of Ordering

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