Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004397187
,
9781905679317
Series Statement:
Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series 42
Content:
Preliminary Material /Kenneth R. Walters Jr. --Introduction /Kenneth R. Walters Jr. --Scottish Common Sense Realism /Kenneth R. Walters Jr. --Christian Evidences Literature /Kenneth R. Walters Jr. --Camp Meeting Revivalism /Kenneth R. Walters Jr. --Premillennialism and Tongues: The Millenarian Impulse to Verify Spirit Baptism /Kenneth R. Walters Jr. --Restorationism /Kenneth R. Walters Jr. --From Origin to Acceptance /Kenneth R. Walters Jr. --Why Tongues? /Kenneth R. Walters Jr. --Bibliography /Kenneth R. Walters Jr. --Index of Authors /Kenneth R. Walters Jr. --Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series /Kenneth R. Walters Jr.
Content:
The modern Pentecostal movement has been studied many times in relation to its theological and sociological background. Previous studies, however, have not focused on the disctinctive doctrine of that movement: the teaching that speaking in tongues is the initial physical evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Given that Pentecostals believe that this is a work of grace, such a doctrine seems unlikely to arise, as physical evidence is seldom required or looked for in the life of a believer in relation to any other area of grace. This prompts the question of why such evidence was even being looked for. And yet, within a very short time of its proposal, acceptance of this doctrine was so widespread as to become the hallmark of the movement. Insistence on such a doctrine led to many being asked to leave their denominations, and thus to the founding of other denominations. This book attempts to answer the question: "Why?" And specifically: "Why Tongues?"
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Why Tongues? The Initial Evidence Doctrine in North American Pentecostal Churches Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2016
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004397187
