Samora Harry Ayivor
Biographic Data
| ID | 4469353 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samora Harry Ayivor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samora Harry |
| FAMILY NAME | Ayivor |
| SIGNATURE | AYIVOR S H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles University |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-5929-0562 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The digital touch and the untouched: A typology of vacuum versus proxy healing in Ghanaian Pentecostalism’s online prayer economy
This article identifies and theorises a critical divide within Ghanaian Pentecostal digital healing practices: between ‘proxy healing,’ in which supplicants touch screens as material conduits for divine power, and ‘vacuum healing,’ in which healing flows through screens without physical contact. Based on a three-month digital ethnography (May–July 2024) of six major online prayer services—three exemplifying vacuum healing (Alpha Hour, Flow Prayer…
“Divine Health” among African Pentecostals and Charismatics: Appropriation, Practice, and Pastoral Critique in the Ghanaian Context
While much scholarship exists on faith healing, the distinct doctrine of divine health remains under-theorized within African Pentecostalism. This qualitative study explores this concept through the lived experiences and theological convictions of Ghanaian Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians. It argues that divine health represents a distinct theological development within global Pentecostalism, moving beyond curative faith healing to a preven…
Toward a Model of Missional Holistic Healing: Praxis and Social Ethics in Ghanaian Pentecostalism
Faith healing is central to Ghanaian Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity, operating within a context of medical pluralism where spiritual, biomedical, and herbal remedies coexist. Drawing on qualitative data from pastors and congregants of some selected Pentecostal and charismatic churches in Accra, this study addresses a gap in scholarship: the lack of a coherent model that frames these practices as intentional missional praxis. The paper a…
Metamorphosis of Healing: Medicine, Divine Healing and Divine Health, the Place of Faith and the Word among African Pentecostals and Charismatics
Divine healing is the belief in receiving healing of an illness through God's supernatural power without biomedicines or herbs. However, the concept of health and healing has evolved over the years. Many Pentecostals and Charismatics now advocate for seeking God's ‘best’ and believe that divine healing is God's ‘good’ will for His children. However, divine health, a state of constant well-being without illness, is God's ‘perfect’ will for his chi…
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Metamorphosis of Healing: Medicine, Divine Healing and Divine Health, the Place of Faith and the Word among African Pentecostals and Charismatics
Divine healing is the belief in receiving healing of an illness through God's supernatural power without biomedicines or herbs. However, the concept of health and healing has evolved over the years. Many Pentecostals and Charismatics now advocate for seeking God's ‘best’ and believe that divine healing is God's ‘good’ will for His children. However, divine health, a state of constant well-being without illness, is God's ‘perfect’ will for his chi…
The digital touch and the untouched: A typology of vacuum versus proxy healing in Ghanaian Pentecostalism’s online prayer economy
This article identifies and theorises a critical divide within Ghanaian Pentecostal digital healing practices: between ‘proxy healing,’ in which supplicants touch screens as material conduits for divine power, and ‘vacuum healing,’ in which healing flows through screens without physical contact. Based on a three-month digital ethnography (May–July 2024) of six major online prayer services—three exemplifying vacuum healing (Alpha Hour, Flow Prayer…
“Divine Health” among African Pentecostals and Charismatics: Appropriation, Practice, and Pastoral Critique in the Ghanaian Context
While much scholarship exists on faith healing, the distinct doctrine of divine health remains under-theorized within African Pentecostalism. This qualitative study explores this concept through the lived experiences and theological convictions of Ghanaian Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians. It argues that divine health represents a distinct theological development within global Pentecostalism, moving beyond curative faith healing to a preven…
Toward a Model of Missional Holistic Healing: Praxis and Social Ethics in Ghanaian Pentecostalism
Faith healing is central to Ghanaian Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity, operating within a context of medical pluralism where spiritual, biomedical, and herbal remedies coexist. Drawing on qualitative data from pastors and congregants of some selected Pentecostal and charismatic churches in Accra, this study addresses a gap in scholarship: the lack of a coherent model that frames these practices as intentional missional praxis. The paper a…
Christian Theology and Mission (3 works) · Faith (3 works) · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (3 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (3 works) · Charisma (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Context (archaeology) (1 works) · Digital economy (1 works)