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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Speaking in tongues"”.
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Glossolalia: an ethnographic study of the rhetorical role of speaking in tongues in the creation of the pentecostal religious culture
This study investigated, through ethnographic methodology, the individual and group experiences of glossolalia within a Pentecostal church. The study examined the discursive interactions and rhetorical impact of how this Pentecostal church gave meaning to the experience of glossolalia or speaking …
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A rhetorical history of race relations in the early Pentecostal movement, 1906-1916.
In the spring of 1906, a religious awakening, known as the Azusa Street Revival, began at a small prayer meeting in Los Angeles. With its emphasis on an experiential "baptism in the Holy Spirit" and the accompanying phenomenon of "speaking in tongues," this awakening launched the Pentecostal …
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Life on Wings: the forgotten life and theology of Carrie Judd Montgomery (1858-1946)
… significant contribution to both the Divine Healing movement and Pentecostalism. Her 1879 healing account, early healing homes, and contribution to the formation of the doctrine of healing in the atonement make her one of the most influential people in the American Divine Healing …
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Pentecost without Azusa : an historical and theological analysis of the Akorino Church in Kenya.
… through the agency of missionaries, sparking revivals that begun pentecostal churches. In Central Kenya, however, a "Pentecost" happened in the 1920s whose provenance and agency had no historical or theological connection with the Azusa Street revival. That "Pentecost without Azusa" gave …
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Christianity, Culture, and Pentecostalism in Ghana: An Ethnographic Study of Pentecostal Traditional Authorities in Contemporary Akan Society (1990s – Present)
This study is concerned with how chieftaincy has responded to the phenomenon of Pentecostal Christianity, focusing particularly on those chiefly figures who are installed as traditional chiefs in certain Akan areas of contemporary Ghana. Because of the chronological focus of my dissertation (from …