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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Pentecostals"”.
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The Hybrid Spirit Animating Chinese Pentecostals in Malaysia
<p>This dissertation interrogates the assertion in postcolonial scholarship, especially from the work of Homi Bhabha that the construction and performance of hybrid identities act as a form of resistance for marginalized communities against structures of oppression. While this study supports this …
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The Holy Spirit and the Practice of Evangelism Among Nigerian Neo-Pentecostals
… of this thesis centers on how some Nigerian Neo-Pentecostals perceive the power of the Holy Spirit in relation to regarding their practice of evangelism. Notably, a misconception of Acts 1:8 can lead to a proclamation of another gospel that is not the gospel of Jesus Christ. On this terrain of …
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Public preaching by Muslims and Pentecostals in Mumias, Western Kenya and its influence on interfaith relations.
This research argues that public preaching by Muslims and Christians reflects their positions in the public sphere, and indicative of the competition between them. From a perceived marginalized position, Muslims want to prove that Christians err on the basis of Biblical and Qur'anic texts. …
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"En el Poder del Espíritu": A Qualitative Research Study on Social Ethics/Theology Among U.S. Latina/o Pentecostals
<p>Are most US Latina/o pentecostals concerned about sharing the gospel without having any interest in the reality of oppression, discrimination, and marginalization? Are they just dancing and singing in their temples, having ecstasies and emotional experiences while ignoring the poor and their …
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"Loving all People Regardless of Race, Creed, or Color": James L. Delk and the Lost History of Pentecostal Interracialism
… potential for interracial religion among early Pentecostals following the Azusa Street Revival in 1906, most white Pentecostals progressively cut ties with their African American coreligionists until Pentecostal denominations were almost entirely segregated by the 1930s. To many, this trend …
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The move to independence from Anglican leadership: an examination of the relationship between Alexander Alfred Boddy and the early leaders of the British Pentecostal denominations (1907-1930)
… father of British Pentecostalism, and the young Pentecostals in the process of formation of the three major Pentecostal denominations, namely, the Apostolic Faith Church, the Assemblies of God and the Elim Church. Although there were not many Anglican participants in British Pentecostalism and …
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New Bolivians, New Bolivia: Pentecostal Conversion and Neoliberal Transformation in Contemporary Bolivia
… the understanding what is at stake for Bolivian Pentecostals: (1) personal transformation as effected and marked by ""born-again"" conversion; and (2) social transformation as promised by the rhetoric of a ""new Bolivia"" as Pentecostals seek to remake Bolivian society in their own image. I argue …
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A contextual missiology of the spirit: a study of Pentecostalism in Rajasthan, India
… well as the internal and external issues facing Pentecostals. It argues for an indigenous origin of Pentecostalism in Rajasthan, as it is a product of local Spirit revivals in the existing churches and the missionary activities of Indian Pentecostals. It also reveals that both the intra-church as …
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"Choosing the Jesus Way:" the Assemblies of God's Home Missions to American Indians and the Development of an Indian Pentecostal Identity
… of a century-long struggle by American Indian Pentecostals for autonomy, leadership, and recognition within the Assemblies of God. I argue that the AG's efforts to establish indigenous churches in its home missions work to American Indians bore two important and largely unanticipated …
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"Missionary tongues": The origins and intersections of Pentecostalism in West Africa and North America
Although Pentecostals may claim common origins in the first-century Church, the modern origins of Pentecostalism in West Africa and North America were established independently. These modern origins developed without direct contact with each other, but were heavily influenced by temporal and …
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I Used to Speak in Tongues: Spirituality and Pentecostal Deconversion Narratives
… theology and ecstatic religious practices of Pentecostals are represented as oppressive, narrow minded, dogmatic, and most of all, irrational. By extension, Pentecostals themselves are underdeveloped, uneducated, and anachronistic. In fact, while conservative Protestants as a whole occupy an …
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Oklahoma Women Preachers, Pioneers, and Pentecostals: An Analysis of the Elements of Collective and Individual Ethos Within the Selected Writings of Women Preachers of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church
In this dissertation, I argue that ethos is generative as James Corder defines it. I seek to show that women preachers of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church who spent a significant amount of their careers in Oklahoma generated an ethos in their autobiographical texts and transcribed, …
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Living in Bible times : F.F. Bosworth and the Pentecostal pursuit of the supernatural.
… leader-in-the-making. Like numerous influential pentecostals, Bosworth had no significant connections to the Azusa Street revival. His early ministry and facilitation of a crucial revival in Dallas in 1912 established him as a leader in the young pentecostal movement, and his work with the …
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Spirit and economy: Pentecostalism and the afterlives of Max Weber
… culminating in an analysis of recent claims that Pentecostals possess an equivalent to what Max Weber called "an ethic of inner-worldly asceticism", and consequently Pentecostalism may be a positive force for economic growth in developing countries.
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Charismatic Renewal and Pentecostalism: The Renewal of the Nigerian Catholic Church
… experiential theology of the Charismatics and Pentecostals, which characterize them as Spirit-filled groups and churches are enabling the Nigerian Catholic church to realize the potentials of a Spirit-driven church through the renewal of her pneumatological, ecclesiological, and liturgical …
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Community engagement as a new and contested ritual: an ethnographic study of five pentecostal congregations in El Salvador
… ways to address poverty and justice worldwide. Pentecostals are starting their projects as well as partnering with international and local NGOs and FBOs to implement development programmes. The increased participation in social engagement has generated new discussions among scholars on whether …
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Filled With the Spirit: The Musical Life of an Apostolic Pentecostal Church in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
… of communicating the tenets of church doctrine. Pentecostals often advocate the need to be ""flexible"" and ready to follow the Holy Ghost's direction, and various forms of musical and ritual flexibility at Alpha and Omega help to validate the congregation's belief that individuals and worship …
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The missionary vision in the Italian Evangelical Church starting from the Unity of Italy to the present day
… churches. The various Projects developed by the Pentecostals are explained and the state of the Church today is explored.
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