Pentecostalism

by Kay, William K.

• ISBN13: 9780334041443
• ISBN10: 0334041449
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-30
• Publisher: Scm Pr

Summary

The Pentecostal and charismatic movements showed astonishing growth in the twentieth century so as to arrive at a total that is said to include at least 400 million people worldwide. The academic study of the Pentecostal and charismatic movement has been gaining momentum in the last few years, both as an element within contemporary religious studies and as a strand within the subject area of church history, going back to the early church. This student-friendly text is essential reading for students of Theology and Religious Studies, taking second or third year modules in Pentecostal studies. It is also of great relevance to students of sociology of religion, as well as cultural and historical studies of religion and religious movements. In addition to a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the subject, it offers useful resources such as suggestions for further reading, questions for reflection and a glossary of technical terms.

Author Biography

William K. Kay is Director of the Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies at the University of Wales, Bangor.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
History
Definitions, Numbers and Historiography	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
Definitions	p. 5
Numbers	p. 11
Historiography	p. 15
What sort of information is counted as evidence?	p. 16
How do we interpret the evidence?	p. 18
Are historians always biased?	p. 19
In what way does one event cause another?	p. 21
Do human beings determine the course of historical events or are economic and cultural factors decisive?	p. 21
Within Pentecostal history, can we detect the hand of God or are we to presume everything can be explained naturally?	p. 22
To the Brink of Pentecostalism	p. 25
Doctrine	p. 26
Society	p. 33
Future	p. 36
Countercultural Movements and Polycentric Ignition	p. 42
Healing	p. 44
Speaking in tongues	p. 49
Organizations	p. 55
Revivals	p. 58
Korea	p. 60
Wales	p. 61
Los Angeles, Azusa Street	p. 63
India	p. 68
Summing up	p. 72
Consolidation	p. 74
Introduction	p. 74
From revivals to denominations	p. 74
Four examples	p. 77
Assemblies of God in the United States	p. 77
Apostolic Faith Mission in South Africa	p. 80
Pentecostalism in Norway	p. 83
Elim in Great Britain	p. 87
Reflection	p. 92
Asia	p. 96
Introduction	p. 96
Five Asian countries	p. 98
Philippines	p. 98
South Korea	p. 99
Indonesia	p. 101
China	p. 102
India	p. 105
Reflection	p. 107
Latin America	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
Four South American countries	p. 114
Brazil	p. 114
Chile	p. 119
Colombia	p. 123
Argentina	p. 126
Reflection	p. 129
Africa: The Cases of Ghana, Congo and Zimbabwe	p. 132
Before Azusa Street	p. 132
Patterns of Pentecostalism	p. 138
Ghana	p. 139
Congo	p. 144
Zimbabwe	p. 148
Reflection	p. 151
Latter Rain and Religious Broadcasting	p. 154
Consolidation and diversity	p. 158
The healing revival	p. 159
Summing up	p. 166
The Charismatic Movement	p. 168
First phase	p. 168
Germany, the Berlin Declaration (1909) and the Mulheim Association	p. 172
The United States and the Free-Will Baptists	p. 173
Willis Hoover (1856-1936) and Chilean Pentecostalism	p. 174
Louis Dalliere (1897-1976) and French Pentecostalism	p. 174
Second phase	p. 175
Numbers	p. 189
Reflection	p. 191
Beyond the Charismatic Movement	p. 194
Emergence of networks	p. 194
Toronto blessing and millennial expectations	p. 198
Appearance of emerging churches	p. 200
Population flows	p. 203
Conflict and persecution	p. 205
Reflection	p. 207
Theology
Theology 1	p. 213
Introduction	p. 213
What is theology?	p. 213
The purpose of theology	p. 217
Pentecostal theology	p. 220
Purposes of Pentecostal theology	p. 223
Pentecostal theology as denominational theology: the nature of God	p. 224
Pentecostal theology as denominational theology: speaking in tongues	p. 228
Pentecostal theology as theology of initiation: baptism in the Spirit	p. 231
Theology 2	p. 236
Introduction	p. 236
Aspects of Pentecostal theology	p. 236
Pentecostal theology as evangelistic and pastoral: healing and charismatic gifts	p. 236
Pentecostal theology as ecclesial: the nature of the church	p. 241
Pentecostal theology as eschatological: pointing to the end of history	p. 246
Pentecostal theology as a balance: elements in harmony and discord	p. 250
Theology 3	p. 255
Introduction	p. 255
Academic perspectives	p. 256
Starting points for Pentecostal theology	p. 256
Pentecostal systematics	p. 259
Pentecostal ecumenics	p. 264
Pentecostals and other religions	p. 266
Pentecostalism and Christology	p. 268
Popular perspectives	p. 270
Prosperity spirituality	p. 270
Spiritual warfare	p. 273
Sociology
Sociology 1	p. 281
Introduction	p. 281
What is sociology?	p. 281
Sociology of religion	p. 282
Sociology of Pentecostalism	p. 288
Sects, denominations or churches?	p. 288
Further adaptation	p. 291
Resisting secularization in the charismatic movement and the third wave	p. 291
Resisting secularization with cells	p. 293
Resisting secularization with megachurches and politics	p. 294
Sociology 2	p. 296
Introduction	p. 296
Rational Choice Theory	p. 296
Sociological explanation	p. 297
Practical theology	p. 298
Seven areas of Pentecostalism	p. 299
Education	p. 299
Women	p. 300
Social concern	p. 302
Democratic/undemocratic governance	p. 303
Race	p. 305
Church growth	p. 307
Networks	p. 308
Conclusion	p. 309
Time Line of Events of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements in Britain and USA	p. 311
Bibliography	p. 327
Index	p. 345
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