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Showing 1 to 20 of 119 for “"Pentecostal"”.
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Pentecostal Social Thought and Action, la Misión Iglesia Pentecostal, and Military Authoritarianism in Chile, 1973-1990
… of traditional conceptions of Latin American Pentecostalism to account for and understand the phenomenon as it developed in the lives of individuals during charged moments like the Chilean dictatorship where meanings and significance – religious and otherwise – were challenged, disrupted, and …
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Transforming Futures? Being Pentecostal in Kampala, Uganda
Pentecostal Christianity has gained many followers in the developing world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite a corpus of anthropological scholarship on the impact of following Pentecostalism on identities and social change, less has been written from the perspective of the believer, and …
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Network church: a Pentecostal ecclesiology shaped by mission
This thesis develops a pentecostal ecclesiology using the structure of networks that leads to a fresh approach to contextualisation. It addresses the neglect in pentecostal scholarship of church structures beyond the congregation and of critical approaches to contextualisation. The pentecostal …
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“Special Divine Action and Human Suffering – A Pentecostal Perspective”
… a Theology of Hope to show how believers in the Pentecostal tradition may participate in Christ’s divine solidarity and hope through the mediating presence of the Holy Spirit. Psychological research on the value of relational presence and solidarity is incorporated to highlight their …
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Until I overflow: queer Pentecostal intimacies in & beyond Brazil
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Migration from Historic Mission churches to Pentecostal churches in Ghana
… of members from Historic Mission churches to Pentecostal/Charismatic churches (PCCs) with emphasis on the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) using Ga and Dangme-Tongus Presbyteries as case studies. The advent of the Pentecostal/Charismatic churches in Ghana since the early twentieth Century …
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I Used to Speak in Tongues: Spirituality and Pentecostal Deconversion Narratives
This dissertation examines Pentecostal deconversion narratives in memoirs by Kim Barnes and Dennis Covington, in novels and short stories by Lee Smith, and in promotional interviews with Katy Perry and Megan Fox. They feature protagonists who grow out of Pentecostalism. In most cases, they are …
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Disfellowshiped: Pentecostal responses to fundamentalism in the United States, 1906-1943
This thesis examines the relationship between pentecostalism and fundamentalism in the United States from 1906-1943. Of particular interest is the formation of the National Association of Evangelicals, which combined these two movements (along with holiness churches), though their history was …
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A Pentecostal perspective on church leadership: a study on church leadership conversion among young Pentecostal Latinos/as, in the Florida Multicultural District of the Assemblies of God
This thesis focuses on young Pentecostal Latino/a Millennials who are members of the Florida Multicultural District of the Assemblies of God. The aim of this study is to describe, analyse, evaluate and understand Pentecostal leadership by highlighting factors that led 30 of these youths to become …
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The teaching role of the Holy Spirit in British Pentecostal theological education
This thesis seeks to investigate how the views in Pentecostal theology on the role of the Holy Spirit as teacher, and the traditions in Pentecostal Theological Education, impact a classical Pentecostal Theological College in the UK. Having become incorporated into mainstream scholarship, …
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Power in practice: clergy workplace experiences within the Pentecostal assemblies of Canada
This study is the first indicative, qualitative research to explore the impact of power differentials experienced by clergy within the PAOC. A rich and varied sample of twenty-five current and former PAOC clergy were interviewed on the subject of their own lived experiences in relation to power …
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Publish and be blessed : a case study in early Pentecostal publishing history
This dissertation argues that a major factor in Pentecostalism's rapid world-wide growth was the emergence of a strong literary, as distinct from oral, tradition. From its earliest days the movement gave birth to a plethora of publications and publishing houses, mostly operating by faith, that …
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New Bolivians, New Bolivia: Pentecostal Conversion and Neoliberal Transformation in Contemporary Bolivia
… analyzes discourses of transformation among Pentecostal Christians within the context of recent neoliberal social and economic reforms that have drastically altered Bolivian society. These reforms have caused immense suffering among Bolivia's impoverished majority and placed increasing …
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Contextual Pentecostalism from a classical Pentecostal movement to a contemporary Pentecostal church movement: a study of the Assemblies of God of Malaysia with special reference to Joel 2:28-32
… the changes of the universality of classical Pentecostalism in the process of contextualisation in the Malaysian sociocultural and religious context from a historical perspective; and how the Assemblies of God of Malaysia (AGoM) from a Classical Pentecostal Movement (CPM) towards the new …
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Analysing visual culture in selected Pentecostal church advertisements in Nigeria : a case study
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Technology: Language Practice, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa. 2019.
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Living in Bible times : F.F. Bosworth and the Pentecostal pursuit of the supernatural.
This study examines American pentecostalism using the healing evangelist F.F. Bosworth as an interpretive lens. Bosworth's formative experiences, long-running success, and influence on pentecostal culture situate him as a representative leader. Yet his resistance to majority doctrine and lack of …
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A rhetorical history of race relations in the early Pentecostal movement, 1906-1916.
… in tongues," this awakening launched the Pentecostal movement, which now claims millions of adherents globally. Besides the emphasis on spirit-inspired utterances, the early stage of this revival was marked by a sense of interracial unity, unprecedented within American Christianity and …
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