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This 6 page paper looks at the arguments in the book “”omen of Fire and Sprit” by Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton, and considers how these fit in with today’s ideas and undertakes a reflection in the arguments pout forward in the book. The bibliography cites 4 sources
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faith to this are can be seen as a late and manifesting with a different range of beliefs and commitments in Africa when compared to other areas. In Cynthia Hoehler-Fattons
book Women of Fire and Sprit there is a reflection on the Luo spiritual expression and the evolution of the movement with the three main braches all originating with
the Roho Holy Spirit Movement. The Ruwe Holy Ghost Church, shares this root with the Cross Church and the Musdanda Holy Ghost Church tracing their origins back only
to 1912 in Western Kenya. The way in which the religion has been adopted can be seen as focused more on the spiritual aspect, fitting in more with the culture
that was in place prior to the introduction of Christianity, there is also a greater degree of political upheaval reflected in the structure and evolution of the churches, with
more than 200 registered independent churches and Hoehler-Fattons estimate of between fifty thousand and seventy five thousand followers (Hoehler-Fatton, 1996). Howeve,r the prscitcves that were observed by the western
missionaries were found to be disturbing due to the local interpretation and the practices. However the religion was taken on and interpreted in a different context. There is the
need for a point of identity in any relation for those following, something that they can relate to and identify with. Without adaptation the Christian religion may have had little
meaning, but the role of Alfayo Odongo Mango has added greater personal meaning the development of the church. The Roho church history is very important to the followers, recited
with an eagerness to betrays not only belief, but a deep spiritual commitment to the church (Hoehler-Fatton, 1996). The story of a man tat fought for the Africans and their
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