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In this innovative and lavishly illustrated study, John Harvey examines the visual expression of religious and spiritual concepts in Nonconformist Wales. He discusses his subject within a broad cultural context which includes fine art,... more
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      Art HistoryTheologyBiblical StudiesPentecostalism
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      LiturgyPentecostalismWorship and Music
This article retrieves the historical ecumenical endeavours of David Du Plessisthe South African who ended being an American citizen and the Assemblies of God credentialed minister. From the Afrikaans community of the Apostolic Faith... more
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      Church HistoryPentecostalismEcumenism and Interreligious Dialogue Theology of Reception Receptive Ecumenism Church History Pentecostalism and neo-Pentecostalism Catholic Charismatic Renewal Catholic Social Teaching Judaism Theology of the Laity Natural Law Yves CongarPentecostal history
This article tries to understand the prosperity gospel in a way that enables us to distinguish what is valuable and what is not in this phenomenon. The article starts by recognizing the puzzling aspects of the prosperity gospel. Someone... more
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      ReligionChristianityPhilosophy Of ReligionSystematic Theology
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      Pentecostal TheologyPentecostalismEschatologyPentecostal Eschatology
“In the year 1901 the latter rain began to fall in different parts of the world,” trumpeted the Missionary Manual of the Assemblies of God published three decades later. More importantly, the evangelistic zeal of “waiting, hungry-hearted... more
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      MissiologyMissiology and Mission TheologyChristian MissionsHistory of Missions
Kristendommen er i rask endring og kommer til uttrykk på nye måter både sosialt og politisk. På få tiår er tyngdepunktet flyttet fra det globale nord til det globale sør. I Vest-Europa blir kirker nedlagt eller solgt. Samtidig fylles... more
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      Liberation TheologyPentecostalismGlobal ChristianityCatholic Charismatic Renewal
This is the academic journal of Bridges Christian College. The following articles are in this edition: THE IDENTITY OF THE “LITTLE ONES” AND “LEAST OF THESE” IN MATTHEW: AN EVALUATION OF μικρῶν AND ἐλαχίστων IN MATTHEW 10, 18, AND... more
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      New TestamentSynoptic GospelsBiblical TheologyPentecostal Theology
In this paper, the author wants to demonstrate that the demise of Pentecostal dispensationalism along with some further contemporary factors are removing the bedrock upon which Pentecostal premillennialism was standing. For this reason,... more
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      Eschatology and ApocalypticismPneumatologyApocalyptic EschatologyPentecostal Theology
This paper covers the Pentecostal experience and theology of the Holy Spirit in comparison to Orthodox trinitarian theology, anthropology and spirituality with regard to aspects of doctrine, sacraments, spiritual practise and ecumenical... more
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      African PhilosophyLiturgical StudiesOrthodox TheologyPneumatology
In the years after World War II, American Pentecostal discourse revolved around a separation narrative. The authors of the narrative asserted that Pentecostalism’s success depended on the ability of the movement to remain separate from... more
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      Popular CulturePentecostalismCulture IndustryProsperity Gospel
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      PentecostalismCharismaCharismatic ChristianityWorld Christianity
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      PentecostalismFathersAuthoritySaints
Situated within the larger conversation surrounding Pentecostal sacramentality, this study seeks to trace the development of water baptism throughout Pentecostal scholarship by reviewing the major voices within the field. This review also... more
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      Pentecostal TheologyPentecostalismPentecostalism and CharismaticsInfant Baptism
A survey and response to the growing Pentecostal phenomenal. These papers were delivered at Central Baptist Theological Seminary's Charles MacDonald Lectures, February 19, 2015
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Mission is first and foremost about God and God’s historical redemptive initiative on behalf of creation. In this regard, the Third Lausanne Congress affirms that the Church is called to witness to Christ today by sharing in God’s mission... more
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      MissiologyMission StudiesPentecostal TheologyPentecostalism
In addition to unearthing elapsed practices and doctrinal foundations, Regeneration: A Complete History of Healing in the Christian Church recounts inspiring first-hand narratives of physical deliverance.
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      PentecostalismHealing and ReligionPatristics and Late AntiquityHealing
This article suggests that Pentecostalism constitutes a genuine type of religion we can label as play. In order to identify the particular elements of this type, the article makes use of Erving Goffman's frame analysis to organize... more
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      ReligionPentecostalismChildren's Play
List of useful references for those studying Pentecostal ecclesiology.
Updated June 2018.
Chapter on "Ecclesiology" will follow in Routledge Handbook of Pentecostal Theology (2019?)
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      TheologyEcclesiologyPentecostalism
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      ProtestantismPentecostalismPentecostalism and CharismaticsHistory and Theology of Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism
In the late 1990s and early 2000s a wave of Ponzi schemes swept through Papua New Guinea, Australia, and the Solomon Islands. U-Vistract, the most notorious scheme, along with other fast money schemes, attracted 300,000 investors,... more
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      Development StudiesGlobalizationPacific Island StudiesAnthropology of Christianity
The story of Rapunzel is a German folktale collected by the Brothers Grimm in the late nineteenth century as part of a drive to record folk traditions and myths. The story of Rapunzel begins with the long-awaited pregnancy of a poor... more
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      Gender StudiesWomen's StudiesReligious EthicsPopular Culture and Religious Studies
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      PentecostalismLuke-ActsForgiveness and ReconciliationPeace & Reconciliation
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      SociologyPentecostalismOceaniaFrench Polynesia
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      ReligionSociology of ReligionLatin American StudiesAnthropology
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      ReligionSociologyAnthropologyTransnationalism
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      History of ChristianityPentecostalismHistory of Pentecostalism
Genesis Tramaine is an Expressionist Devotional painter who, through abstract portraits of men and women transcends gender, race, and social structures. She explores what it means to be a servant of God as a black woman, family member and... more
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      Contemporary ArtPaintingPentecostalism
Paper that addresses my current spiritual health and outlines a spiritual growth plan for my ongoing spiritual health and growth. This paper identifying and reflecting upon key ideas related to the Renewing Spirit Formed Leader, including... more
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      ChristianityPractical theologySpiritualityPentecostalism
The kingdom of God as the ultimate criterion for spirituality and justice—the symbol of the inbreaking of God’s will over all of God’s creation—is the starting point for Roman Catholics and Pentecostals in their search for a common... more
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      ChristianityTheologySpiritualityMissiology and Mission Theology
This is a review of the work of a renowned Asian Pentecostal scholar, Simon Chan, the Grassroots Asian Theology.
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      Contextual TheologiesPentecostalismLocal TheologyAsian Theology
Pentecostalism is known for the belief in Spirit baptism that is accompanied by the doctrine of initial evidence, that is, speaking in tongues. The practice of the doctrine of initial evidence has become a unique feature of Pentecostalism... more
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This poem contours the grip of Pentecostalism on a few women I met in a small South African town in 2015.
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      African StudiesEthnographySocial and Cultural AnthropologyPoetry
Several studies have consistently linked the Evangelical breakdown in Latin America as a mass movement mainly adopted by impoverished working class individuals. However, little is known about how religious inheritance and recruitment of... more
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      Sociology of ReligionSocial StratificationChilePentecostalism
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      Rural SociologyPentecostalismRomaRomanian
For over four centuries the Catholic Church enjoyed a religious monopoly in Latin America in which potential rivals were repressed or outlawed. Latin Americans were born Catholic and the only real choice they had was whether to actively... more
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      New Religious MovementsSociology of ReligionLatin American StudiesAnthropology
L’approccio migliore che il lettore può avere nell’accostarsi al libro del pastore Gennaro Chiocca è di spogliarsi di eventuali sovrastrutture mentali che potrebbero ostacolarne la comprensione dei contenuti. La chiave di lettura più... more
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      EvangelicalismPentecostalismHistory and Theology of Pentecostalism and EvangelicalismPentecostalismo
This book is a compilation of Yong's essay as a dialogic approach to the relationship between a Pentecostal theology of mission and a Christian theology of religions. His central thesis is that the "missiological compulsion of the present... more
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      Missiology and Mission TheologyPentecostalism
This collection of studies by social anthropologists describes the complex and often controversial processes of religious change occurring in the postsocialist world. By critically examining the influx of missionaries, the adoption of... more
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      ReligionNew Religious MovementsComparative ReligionSociology of Religion
Blog post: With his brother, F.F. Bosworth, B.B. Bosworth played a significant role in divine healing revival meetings and Pentecostal church history. Unfortunately, there's little known about his contributions. When he and F.F. died in... more
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      History of MissionsPentecostal TheologyChurch HistoryEvangelicalism
This theme could be said to cover all aspects of life and Al Tizon’s two articles, which lead off this edition, fit within that framework. However, the application of his two articles merges with the focus of the remaining four articles... more
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      ChristianityPeace and Conflict StudiesPreachingEarly Christianity
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      PentecostalismProsperity Gospel
The integration of Pentecostal theology in contemporary Christian doctrine is possible based on a distinction between theology at Pentecost, theology of Pentecost, and Pentecostal theology. Characteristics of this distinction include the... more
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      Pentecostal TheologyPentecostalismDogmatic theologyDogmatics
"Les Conférences de l’IMAf Face à la sorcellerie : un combat spirituel transnational Le 15 avril 2014 à 14 heures, Salle Georges Duby, MMSH, Aix-en-Provence Cette séance du cycle des conférences de l’Institut des Mondes Africains... more
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      TransnationalismPentecostalismWitchcraft, Religion and MagicSolidarity
With attention to selected terms: grace, obedience, works, dead, alive, raised, circumcision of Christ, faith, baptism, baptized, forgiven, sins, saved, new life, crucified with Christ. Nowhere does Paul, the “works” theologian, even hint... more
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      GnosticismEducationLibrary ScienceSocial Sciences
What kinds of parents do South African gay men and lesbians want to be? What reproductive and parental decision-making challenges do they face in their families and communities? In this case study, we focus on the reproductive and... more
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      Religion and SexualitySocial and Cultural AnthropologyParentingGender and Sexuality
This paper seeks to problematise and complexify scholarly accounts of contemporary emotional repression in Western contexts by presenting counterevidence in the form of two examples of post-secular collective affectivity and their ritual... more
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      EmotionRitualModernitySecularisms and Secularities
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      Missiology and Mission TheologyCross-Cultural StudiesChurch HistoryPentecostalism
The importance of the Bible and its appropriate interpretation for the Filipinos is captured very well in A Fiery Flame: Encountering God’s Word. Although the setting of the book is within the predominantly Roman Catholic Church... more
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      ReligionChristianityTheologyBiblical Studies
Based on ethnographic research in a local RCCG congregation, the Jesus House in Midtown, Sweden, this article focuses on the meaning of pastorship to its founding pastor, John, and on the nature of the relationship between John and his... more
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      Sociology of ReligionMigrationPentecostalismMeaning Making