Traditional Churches, Born Again Christianity, and Pentecostalism

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319906410
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Book Synopsis Traditional Churches, Born Again Christianity, and Pentecostalism by : Yonatan N. Gez

Download or read book Traditional Churches, Born Again Christianity, and Pentecostalism written by Yonatan N. Gez and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-08 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Kenya's vibrant urban religious landscape, where Pentecostal and traditional churches of various orientations live side by side, religious identity tends to overflow a single institutional affiliation. While Kenya’s Christianity may offer modes of coping with the fragilities of urban life, it is subject to repeated crises and schisms, often fueled by rumors and accusations of hypocrisy. In order to understand the unfolding of Kenyans’ dynamic religious identities, and inspired by the omnipresent distinction between ‘religious membership’ and ‘church visits,’ Yonatan N. Gez considers the complementary relations between a center of religious affiliation and expansion towards secondary practices. Building on this basic distinction, the book develops a theoretical innovation in the form of the ‘religious repertoire’ model, which maps individuals’ religious identities in terms of three intertwined degrees of practice.

Afro-Pentecostalism

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Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 081479730X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Book Synopsis Afro-Pentecostalism by : Amos Yong

Download or read book Afro-Pentecostalism written by Amos Yong and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2006, the contemporary American Pentecostal movement celebrated its 100th birthday. Over that time, its African American sector has been markedly influential, not only vis-à-vis other branches of Pentecostalism but also throughout the Christian church. Black Christians have been integrally involved in every aspect of the Pentecostal movement since its inception and have made significant contributions to its founding as well as the evolution of Pentecostal/charismatic styles of worship, preaching, music, engagement of social issues, and theology. Yet despite its being one of the fastest growing segments of the Black Church, Afro-Pentecostalism has not received the kind of critical attention it deserves. Afro-Pentecostalism brings together fourteen interdisciplinary scholars to examine different facets of the movement, including its early history, issues of gender, relations with other black denominations, intersections with popular culture, and missionary activities, as well as the movement’s distinctive theology. Bolstered by editorial introductions to each section, the chapters reflect on the state of the movement, chart its trajectories, discuss pertinent issues, and anticipate future developments. Contributors: Estrelda Y. Alexander, Valerie C. Cooper, David D. Daniels III, Louis B. Gallien, Jr., Clarence E. Hardy III, Dale T. Irvin, Ogbu U. Kalu, Leonard Lovett, Cecil M. Robeck, Jr., Cheryl J. Sanders, Craig Scandrett-Leatherman, William C. Turner, Jr., Frederick L. Ware, and Amos Yong

Christianity Without the Cross

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Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1581125844
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (811 download)

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Book Synopsis Christianity Without the Cross by : Thomas A. Fudge

Download or read book Christianity Without the Cross written by Thomas A. Fudge and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded in primary source research, this boldly revisionist book examines the doctrine of salvation in Oneness Pentecostalism (United Pentecostal Church) from its origins through its several developmental stages. The gradual rise of a literal interpretation of Acts 2.38 eliminated a tradition of doctrinal diversity within Oneness thought which regarded salvation as occurring at repentance prior to water and Spirit baptism. With this development a main link to the wider stream of evangelical Christianity was severed. The "water and Spirit" theology resulted in a form of Christianity which does not necessarily require the cross in any meaningful sense for salvation. This study recovers the lost theological tradition associated with important figures such as Howard A. Goss, A.D. Gurley, W.M. Greer, C.H. Tadon, Wynn T. Stairs, Earl Jacques, E.P. Wickens, John Paterson and the Pentecostal Church, Incorporated. Combining traditional historical methodology and theological research with the principles of a broadly based oral history, this study argues for a theological diversity within the history of Oneness Pentecostalism and in so doing bridges an important gap in the history and theology of the United Pentecostal Church.

Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610970845
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition by : Simon Chan

Download or read book Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition written by Simon Chan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-07-12 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the problem of Pentecostal 'traditioning'. Traditioning has been ineffective thus far because the richness of Pentecostal faith and experience has been inadequately captured in the classical Pentecostal doctrines of Spirit-baptism and glossolalia. A more adequate understanding of the key theological symbol of Pentecostalism, glossolalia, emerges when it is interpreted in the light of Christian spiritual tradition. Within this larger tradition glossolalia can be seen as bringing together both the ascetical and contemplative dimensions of the Christian life. Chan thus explores the shape of Pentecostal ecclesiology as 'traditioning community'.

The Pentecostals

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis The Pentecostals by : Walter J. Hollenweger

Download or read book The Pentecostals written by Walter J. Hollenweger and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Charismatic Movement in the Churches.

Pentecostalism and the Future of the Christian Churches

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Publisher : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Pentecostalism and the Future of the Christian Churches by : Richard Shaull

Download or read book Pentecostalism and the Future of the Christian Churches written by Richard Shaull and published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They also reveal the potential these movements hold for transforming unjust economic, social, and political structures and discuss what the church at large might learn from the Pentecostal experience." "Unique for its interdisciplinary approach to Pentecostal movements, this volume is important not only as a study of a significant religious phenomenon but also as a resource for reflection on Christian social responsibility in today's world."--BOOK JACKET.

African Pentecostalism and World Christianity

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725266377
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis African Pentecostalism and World Christianity by : Nimi Wariboko

Download or read book African Pentecostalism and World Christianity written by Nimi Wariboko and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last fifty years, the history of World Christianity has been disproportionally shaped, if not defined, by African Pentecostalism. The objective of this volume is to investigate and interrogate the critical junctures at which World Christianity invigorates and is invigorated by African Pentecostalism. The essays of the thinkers gathered here examine the general relationships between World Christianity and Africa and the specific interplays between World Christianity and African Pentecostalism. Scholars from multiple disciplines, continents, and countries evaluate how the theological scholarship and missional works of eminent African intellectual Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu have contributed to the scholarly understanding of how Global Christianity has been mediated by its reception in Africa. They also investigate how African Pentecostalism has been shaped by its contact with the diverse forms of Christianity in Africa and the rest of the world. With contributions from: Opoku Onyinah Harvey C. Kwiyani Kirsteen Kim Craig S. Keener Charles Prempeh Kenneth R. Ross Trevor H. G. Smith Vivian Dzokoto Chammah J. Kaunda Felix Kang Esoh Patrick Kofi Amissah Caleb Nyanni Marleen de Witte Oluwaseun Abimbola Philomena Njeru Nwaura Faith Lugazia Dietrich Werner Allan H. Anderson

Revelation Rightly Revealed

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Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781478770763
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Revelation Rightly Revealed by : Damon Daril Nailer

Download or read book Revelation Rightly Revealed written by Damon Daril Nailer and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very accurate, extremely informative, and certainly understandable. As we all know, the revelation of Jesus Christ as recorded by John the Apostle is one of the most intriguing and fascinating books in the bible. However, Revelation Rightly Revealed (R3) conducts a precise yet comprehensive study of John's apocalypse. R3 analyzes and expounds on fourteen major themes found in the book of Revelation. As a result, you are guaranteed to receive dynamic and tremendous insight into the following concepts: The Four Horsemen, The Great Tribulation, Mystery Babylon, The Resurrections, The 7 Seals, 7 Trumpets, and 7 Vials, Eternity, and much more.

Global Chinese Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004342818
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Global Chinese Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first scholarly volume on Chinese Christian Pentecostal and charismatic movements around the globe. The authors include the most active and renowned scholars of global Pentecostalism and Chinese Christianity, including Allan Anderson, Daniel Bays, Kim-twang Chan, Gordon Melton, Donald Miller, and Fenggang Yang. It covers historical linkages between Pentecostal missions and indigenous movements in greater China, contemporary charismatic congregations in China, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United States, and the Catholic charismatic renewal movement in China. The volume also engages discussion and disagreement on whether it is even appropriate to refer to many of the Chinese Christian movements as Pentecostal or charismatic. If not, are they primarily following cultural traditions, or upholding beliefs and practices in the Bible? Contributors are: Allan H. Anderson, Connie Au, Daniel H. Bays, Michel Chambon, Kim-kwong Chan, Weng Kit Cheong, Jiayin Hu, Ke-hsien Huang, Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye, Karrie J. Koesel, Yi Liu, J. Gordon Melton, Donald E. Miller, Selena Y.Z. Su, Joy K.C. Tong, Yen-zen Tsai, Fenggang Yang, Rachel Xiaohong Zhu.

Pentecostalism, Secularism, and Post Christendom

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498229360
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis Pentecostalism, Secularism, and Post Christendom by : Bradley Truman Noel

Download or read book Pentecostalism, Secularism, and Post Christendom written by Bradley Truman Noel and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If only we were a Christian country again!" Christians, particularly those in the West, often lament their loss of influence in modern politics and culture. It seems that everywhere one turns, Christendom in the West is dealt another blow, with Christian reactions ranging from withdrawal and entrenchment, to cries of persecution and talks of organized resistance. Pentecostalism, Secularism, and Post Christendom seeks to address these concerns via an examination of Classical North American Pentecostalism as it wrestles with the very real challenges posed by the increasing post-Christian ethos of Western culture. In addition to providing a number of concrete steps, Pentecostals may take in their efforts to better understand and connect with modern culture, this work will argue that counter-intuitively, the death of Christendom (if properly addressed), may in fact herald the arrival of the Church's finest hour.

African Pentecostalism, the Bible, and Cultural Resilience

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Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
ISBN 13 : 3863097130
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis African Pentecostalism, the Bible, and Cultural Resilience by : Biri, Kudzai

Download or read book African Pentecostalism, the Bible, and Cultural Resilience written by Biri, Kudzai and published by University of Bamberg Press. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume, based on a PhD thesis submitted to the University of Zimbabwe, investigates the resilience of Shona religion and culture among ZAOGA Pentecostal Christians. Whereas the Pentecostal ideology suggests that 'old things' have passed away, it appears that 'old things' continue to have high significance for the 'new'. The book demonstrates how belief in avenging spirits, witches and witchcraft, value of words spoken prior to death, the role, status and significance of women, belief in unnatural events, liturgy and salvation have remained relevant to the lives of ZAOGA Shona converts. The patterns of continuity, discontinuity, extension, collaboration, contradiction, re-interpretation and rejection between Shona traditional religion and culture and ZAOGA are explored, challenging the framing of African Pentecostalism as a mere imitation and parroting of US theology. The conclusion is that while ZAOGA self-consciously presents itself as a sophisticated, trans-national and progressive Pentecostal movement, members continue to wrestle with Shona indigenous beliefs and practices. An African womanist framework is adapted to challenge ZAOGA to promote the well-being of women." --

The Fire Spreads

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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674026728
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (267 download)

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Book Synopsis The Fire Spreads by : Randall J. Stephens

Download or read book The Fire Spreads written by Randall J. Stephens and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today pentecostalism claims nearly 500 million followers worldwide. An early stronghold was the American South, where believers spoke in unknown tongues, worshipped in free-form churches, and broke down social barriers that had long divided traditional Protestants. Thriving denominations made their headquarters in the region and gathered white and black converts from the Texas plains to the Carolina low country. Pentecostalism was, in fact, a religious import. It came to the South following the post-Civil War holiness revival, a northern-born crusade that emphasized sinlessness and religious empowerment. Adherents formed new churches in the Jim Crow South and held unconventional beliefs about authority, power, race, and gender. Such views set them at odds with other Christians in the region. By 1900 nearly all southern holiness folk abandoned mainline churches and adopted a pessimistic, apocalyptic theology. Signs of the last days, they thought, were all around them. The faith first took root among anonymous religious zealots. It later claimed southern celebrities and innovators like televangelists Oral Roberts, Jimmy Swaggart, T. D. Jakes, and John Hagee; rock-and-roll icons Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard; and, more recently, conservative political leaders such as John Ashcroft. With the growth of southern pentecostal denominations and the rise of new, affluent congregants, the movement moved cautiously into the evangelical mainstream. By the 1980s the once-apolitical faith looked entirely different. Many still watched and waited for spectacular signs of the end. Yet a growing number did so as active political conservatives.

The Changing Face of Christianity

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198039409
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Book Synopsis The Changing Face of Christianity by : Lamin Sanneh

Download or read book The Changing Face of Christianity written by Lamin Sanneh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past century, Christianity's place and role in the world have changed dramatically. In 1900, 80 percent of the world's Christians lived in Europe and North America. Today, more than 60 percent of the world's Christians live outside of that region. This change calls for a reexamination of the way the story of Christianity is told, the methodological tools for its analysis, and its modes of expression. Perhaps most significant is the role of Africa as the new Christian heartland. The questions and answers about Christianity and its contemporary mission now being developed in the African churches will have enormous influence in the years to come. This volume offers nine new essays addressing this sea-change and its importance for the future of Christianity. Some contributions consider the development of "non-Western" forms of Christianity, others look at the impact of these new Christianities in the West. The authors cover a wide range of topics, from the integration of witchcraft and Christianity in Nigeria and the peacemaking role of churches in Mozambique to the American Baptist reception of Asian Christianity. The Changing Face of Christianity shows the striking cultural differences between the new world Christianity and its western counterpart. But with so many new immigrants in Europe and North America, the faith's fault lines are not purely geographical. The new Christianity now thrives in American and European settings, and northerners need to know this faith better. At stake is their ability to be good neighbors-and perhaps to be good Christian citizens of the world.

Pentecostalism in Africa

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004281878
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Pentecostalism in Africa written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within recent decades Pentecostal/charismatic Christianity has moved from an initially peripheral position to become a force to be reckoned with within Africa’s religious landscape. Bringing together prominent Africanist scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this book offers a comprehensive and multifaceted treatment of the ways in which Pentecostal-Charismatic movements have shaped the orientations of African Christianity and extended their influence into other spheres of post-colonial societies such as politics, developmental work and popular entertainment. Among other things, the chapters of the book show how Pentecostal/charismatic Christianity responds to social and cultural concerns of Africans, and how its growth and increasingly assertive presence in public life have facilitated new kinds of social positioning and claims to political power.

Christianity

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ISBN 13 : 9780191780943
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis Christianity by : Linda Woodhead

Download or read book Christianity written by Linda Woodhead and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a short, accessible analysis of Christianity that focuses on its social and cultural diversity as well as its historical dimensions.

Between Babel and Pentecost

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Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253213785
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (137 download)

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Book Synopsis Between Babel and Pentecost by : Andre Corten

Download or read book Between Babel and Pentecost written by Andre Corten and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-08-22 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text considers the important transnational character of Pentecostal movements in Africa and Latin America and their tendency to foster identities that transcend national and cultural contexts.

Spirit and Power

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199920591
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Book Synopsis Spirit and Power by : Donald E. Miller

Download or read book Spirit and Power written by Donald E. Miller and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the global growth and social and political impact of Pentecostalism.