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Beckford, Robert. "Towards a dread Pentecostal theology : the context of a viable political theology within black Pentecostal Churches in Britain." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.600517.
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This study develops a political theology for Black Pentecostal Churches in Britain. The Black Church as a part of Black Atlantic cultural and political traditions is influenced by a plethora of spiritual, political and social forces. These include histories of oppression and resistance. By taking seriously the traditions of resistance, the Black Church is provided with resources for developing a holistic theology that engages explicitly with the social and political world, that is, what I have called a liberating theological praxis. Such a political theology takes seriously the cultural, theological and political issues raised in African Caribbean resistance. One African Caribbean resistance tradition is the concept of dread in Rastafari. Traditions of resistance are exposed from within Black Pentecostalism by 'imposing' a reformed concept of dread upon aspects of Black Pentecostalism. This conjunction produces a theological paradigm called dread Pen tecostalism. Dread Pentecostalism as a theological system nurtures the theological sensibilities found within liberating theological praxis, that is, emancipation fulfilment. One product of dread Pentecostalism is its hermeneutical focus known as dread hermeneutics. Dreadhermeneutics is the basis for a political re-reading of the Bible from a Black Pentecostal context. This political focus is demonstrated in a reevaluation of Christology in order to construct a dread Christ.
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Reichard, Joshua David. "Pentecost, process, and power : a critical comparison of Concursus in Operational Pentecostal-Charismatic Theology and Philosophical Process-Relational Theology." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_9850_1318250797.
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This doctoral thesis comprises a critical comparison of the theme of concursus, the way in which God and humanity interact, in the Pentecostal-Charismatic and Process-Relational traditions. The comparison is literature-based<br>similarities and differences in the theological literature of each tradition are compared in order to determine the extent of compatibilities and incompatibilities. The hypothesis is that similarities in the literature sufficiently leverage differences. The first chapter includes a statement of the problem, namely that the global expansion of the Pentecostal-Charismatic movements necessitates interaction with more academically and philosophically oriented theological traditions such as Process- Relational theology. The second chapter comprises an historical survey of the Pentecostal-Charismatic movements, including key dogmas and practices. Chapter three comprises an historical survey of Process-Relational theology, including its philosophical, metaphysical, and scientific orientations. Seminal Process- Relational theists such as Whitehead, Hartshorne, and Cobb are surveyed. Chapter four consists of a broad historical survey of the theological theme of concursus, including the notions of causation, free will, and determinism in both philosophy and theology. Further, the fourth chapter includes a broad historical survey of pneumatology, which is framed as the basis for a comparison of concursus. Chapters five and six comprise surveys of concursus in the Pentecostal- Charismatic and Process-Relational traditions respectively. Chapter seven entails an extensive analysis of differences and synthesis of similarities between the Pentecostal-Charismatic and Process-Relational notions of concursus. Four differences and four similarities are identified. Differences and similarities are ranked and compared for compatibility...
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Baker, Heidi G. "Pentecostal experience: towards a reconstructive theology of glossolalia." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364371.
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Abraham, Shaibu. "Ordinary Indian Pentecostal Christology." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1717/.
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This thesis is an investigation into the nature of Christology among ordinary Pentecostals in India. Pentecostalism is growing rapidly among Tribal-groups, Dalits, lower castes and ordinary people. However, the movement has not articulated its theological identity in order to consolidate and further its development. Therefore, this study aims to analyse the ordinary Christology using qualitative research methods such as interviews, focus groups, and participant observation. It is argued that their Christological understandings have been formed and expressed in challenging circumstances and given extraordinary energy through Pentecostal phenomena associated with revivalism. Ordinary Indian Pentecostals understand Jesus as the healer, exorcist, provider and protector in the context of poor health-care, a spirit worldview, extreme poverty, caste-system and religious persecution. Their Christian experience enables them to acknowledge Jesus as the Saviour, Lord and supreme God. These Christological themes are consonant with the larger Pentecostal tradition, theology and indeed the New Testament testimony. The argument critically engages with scholarship in Pentecostalism and the broader Christian tradition to propose a modification of these Christological categories.
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Petersen, Douglas Peter. "A Pentecostal theology of social concern in Central America." Thesis, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.483625.
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Stephenson, Christopher Adam. "Pentecostal Theology According to the Theologians: An Introduction to the Theological Methods of Pentecostal Systematic Theologians." [Milwaukee, Wis.] : e-Publications@Marquette, 2009. http://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations_mu/9.
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Black, Jonathan A. "The Church in the eternal purpose of the Triune God : toward a Pentecostal Trinitarian ecclesiology of theosis drawing on the early theology of the Apostolic Church in the United Kingdom." Thesis, University of Chester, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10034/620334.
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This dissertation examines the ecclesiology of the early writers of the Apostolic Church in the United Kingdom, and seeks to build upon this largely neglected body of Pentecostal thought for the contrastive work of contemporary Pentecostal systematic theology. A particular emphasis is placed on the thought of D.P. Williams as the most significant Apostolic writer of the early years of the movement. Connections between Apostolic ecclesiology and the Pentecostal distinctive of the baptism in the Holy Spirit are examined, as well as the role of Trinitarian theology in early Apostolic ecclesiology. Attention is then given both to distinctive Apostolic themes, including the 5-fold ministry and the Eternal Purpose, as well as their approach to other ecclesiological doctrines including the Totus Christus and the Lord’s Supper, before moving on to a constructive synthesis.
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Ricci, Maurício. "Glossolalia e organização do sistema simbólico pentecostal /." Araraquara : [s.n.], 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/99015.
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Orientador: Elda Rizzo de Oliveira.<br>Banca: Renata Medeiros Paoliello.<br>Banca: Denis Domeneghetti Badia.<br>Resumo: O tema desta Dissertação é a glossolalia. O dom de línguas - como a glossolalia é conhecida entre os pentecostais - é um modo de orar em que o fiel, em êxtase, se expressa através de uma linguagem aparentemente ininteligível, acompanhada por expressões corporais que produzem sentimentos de alegria, transbordamento, choro, riso, saltos e gestos. Esse dom é de importância central na Teologia Pentecostal por ser considerado, pelos crentes, a irrefutável evidência do batismo no Espírito Santo. Trata-se de um dom institucional e ritualístico, que se apresenta durante culto e se desenvolve na instituição - distintamente dos dons que ocorrem em processos relativamente autônomos, como é o caso das benzedeiras e curandeiros. Analiso o processo de aquisição e desenvolvimento da glossolalia dialogando com a Antropologia do Imaginário. Da compreensão de um mundo pautado por uma imponderabilidade, que motiva os fiéis pentecostais à uma busca de sentido para suas vidas em diversas agências religiosas, no modelo biomédico, entre outros, até as relações que o fiel desenvolve com um cosmo intencional, lugar mítico no qual o crente concebe a si mesmo como um eleito, alguém que se diferencia dos demais por possuir um dom e uma missão específica no mundo. Como parte da categoria dos eleitos, eles integram o mundo dos iniciados.<br>Abstract: The theme of this Dissertation is the glossolalia. The gift of tongues - how the glossolalia is know among the pentecostals - is a kind of pray that the belivers, in ecstasy, express themselves by means of an aparent unintelligible language, followed by body expressions of the sentiments of happiness, overflow, weeping, laughing, jumps and gesticulation. This gift is very important in the Pentecostal Theology because it is considerated, by the believers, the irrefutable evidence of the Holy Spirit baptism. Its a ritualistic and institucional gift, that occurs durind the cult and develop itself in the institucion - its a distinctive form of gifts that occurs in relatives self-suficients process, like the faith-realers and the witch-doctors. I analyse the process of aquisicion and development of glossolalia dialoging with the Anthropology of Imaginary. That extend itself in a comprehension of an imponderable world, this world motivates a search for purpose in the diverses religious agencies, in the biomedic model, and others until the relations that the belivers develop with an intencional cosmos, mythic place on which the beliver conceives himself as a chosen one, somebody who is diferent from the others for having a gift and a specific mission in the world, and as part of the category of the chosen ones, he integrates the initiateds world.<br>Mestre
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Bolds, James B. "Toward an integrated Pentecostal public theology in Christian formation and praxis." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Green, Chris E. W. "Foretasting the Kingdom : toward a Pentecostal theology of the Lord's Supper." Thesis, Bangor University, 2012. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/foretasting-the-kingdom(0ffcc338-fc30-438e-a4d4-6cd223fdda86).html.
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This thesis undertakes the task of developing and articulating an authentically Pentecostal theology of the Lord's Supper, one that is purposively attuned to early Pentecostal spirituality and in harmony with the witness of Scripture and the wider Christian spiritual-theological tradition as well. Having comprehensively reviewed the current state of scholarly Pentecostal treatments of the Lord's Supper, the study provides a detailed examination of the early Pentecostal periodical literature, uncovering the basic contours of the sacramental thought and practice of the movement's earliest days, and engages in a Pentecostal reading of key scriptural texts. Informed by these discoveries, the study produces a robustly Pentecostal constructive account of the Eucharist- event, including exploration of the theological and practical issues and concerns that matter most to Pentecostals. The final chapter draws out some implications of this study and provides a few suggestions for further research.
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O’Neil, Sean S. "Thinking in the Spirit: The Emergence of Latin American Pentecostal Scholars and Their Theology of Social Concern." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1070640885.
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Swoboda, Aaron Jason. "Tongues and trees : towards a green Pentecostal pneumatology." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3003/.
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This thesis develops a Pentecostal ecotheology by utilizing key pneumatological themes that emerge from the Pentecostal tradition. It examines and utilizes the salient Pentecostal and Charismatic voices that have stimulated ecotheology in the Pentecostal tradition and situates them within the broader context of Christian ecumenical ecotheologies (Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and Ecofeminist). These Pentecostal expressions are placed in dialogue with the particular ecological pneumatologies of Denis Edwards (Roman Catholic), Mark Wallace (Protestant), and Sallie McFague (Ecofeminist). The thesis advances a novel approach to Pentecostal ecotheology through a pneumatology of the Spirit baptized creation, the charismatic creational community, the holistic ecological Spirit, and the eschatological Spirit of ecological mission. Significantly, this thesis is the first substantive contribution to a Pentecostal pneumatological theology of creation with a particular focus on the Pentecostal community and its significance for the broader ecumenical community. Furthermore, it offers a fresh theological approach to imagining and sustaining earth-friendly practice in the twenty-first century Pentecostal church.
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Ricci, Maurício [UNESP]. "Glossolalia e organização do sistema simbólico pentecostal." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/99015.
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ricci_m_me_arafcl.pdf: 901112 bytes, checksum: 1431ea0f2084577ad6fce6759e0d1a79 (MD5)<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)<br>O tema desta Dissertação é a glossolalia. O dom de línguas - como a glossolalia é conhecida entre os pentecostais - é um modo de orar em que o fiel, em êxtase, se expressa através de uma linguagem aparentemente ininteligível, acompanhada por expressões corporais que produzem sentimentos de alegria, transbordamento, choro, riso, saltos e gestos. Esse dom é de importância central na Teologia Pentecostal por ser considerado, pelos crentes, a irrefutável evidência do batismo no Espírito Santo. Trata-se de um dom institucional e ritualístico, que se apresenta durante culto e se desenvolve na instituição - distintamente dos dons que ocorrem em processos relativamente autônomos, como é o caso das benzedeiras e curandeiros. Analiso o processo de aquisição e desenvolvimento da glossolalia dialogando com a Antropologia do Imaginário. Da compreensão de um mundo pautado por uma imponderabilidade, que motiva os fiéis pentecostais à uma busca de sentido para suas vidas em diversas agências religiosas, no modelo biomédico, entre outros, até as relações que o fiel desenvolve com um cosmo intencional, lugar mítico no qual o crente concebe a si mesmo como um eleito, alguém que se diferencia dos demais por possuir um dom e uma missão específica no mundo. Como parte da categoria dos eleitos, eles integram o mundo dos iniciados.<br>The theme of this Dissertation is the glossolalia. The gift of tongues - how the glossolalia is know among the pentecostals - is a kind of pray that the belivers, in ecstasy, express themselves by means of an aparent unintelligible language, followed by body expressions of the sentiments of happiness, overflow, weeping, laughing, jumps and gesticulation. This gift is very important in the Pentecostal Theology because it is considerated, by the believers, the irrefutable evidence of the Holy Spirit baptism. It s a ritualistic and institucional gift, that occurs durind the cult and develop itself in the institucion - it s a distinctive form of gifts that occurs in relatives self-suficients process, like the faith-realers and the witch-doctors. I analyse the process of aquisicion and development of glossolalia dialoging with the Anthropology of Imaginary. That extend itself in a comprehension of an imponderable world, this world motivates a search for purpose in the diverses religious agencies, in the biomedic model, and others until the relations that the belivers develop with an intencional cosmos, mythic place on which the beliver conceives himself as a chosen one, somebody who is diferent from the others for having a gift and a specific mission in the world, and as part of the category of the chosen ones, he integrates the initiated s world.
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Ampong, Ebenezer Adu. "Deliverance in Ghanaian neo-pentecostal ministries : a critical assessment from an evangelical perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49903.
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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2004<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The worldwide phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism is a well-acknowledged
fact, which no one can deny. Research shows that much of the growth is in the
neo- Pentecostal or charismatic wing of the movement. Ghana is not left out of
this.
One phenomenon that has become so pronounced in the charismatic movement
in Ghana is the practice of the so-called "deliverance". This phenomenon
purports to let Christians attain to the abundance of life that Christ offers as part
of God's salvation package to humankind. Most of the deliverance ministries, to a
large extent, attribute situations such as sicknesses, poverty, late marriage, denial
of visa to travel abroad and even some natural disasters among others to
supernatural causes. These supernatural causes, which are said to hinder
Christians from achieving the abundance of life, are mainly identified as demonic
contamination, demonic influence, demon-possession, witchcraft or ancestral
curses. The prescribed antidote to these is to be taken through deliverance by a
special person of God.
Due mainly to a very bad economic situation which has made many Ghanaians
live below the poverty line; it makes it very difficult for many people to afford the
cost of western medical care. Many Ghanaians are also daily looking for avenues
to go and better their lot in other countries. The traditional Ghanaian like many
Africans has a worldview, which believes in a supernatural dimension to every
physical occurrence including difficulties in the acquisition of visa to travel
abroad.
The emergence of the deliverance ministries has therefore provided a legitimate
haven to which people who would otherwise have gone to the traditional shrines
to seek solutions to their problems can now go. The challenge that this
phenomenon poses to evangelical Christianity is highlighted in this research. A critical assessment of the phenomenon as it pertains in Ghanaian Christianity has
been done from the perspective of a specific definition of evangelicalism.
Much as the fact cannot be denied that some of the deliverance ministries are
meeting real felt needs of people in biblically unquestionable ways, there are
obviously, some who are for various reasons employing anti-Christian and
superstitious principles. The purpose of this research therefore, is to inform
evangelical Christians on what the whole phenomenon is about in the light of
Scripture so that practices that are not in line with the whole truth of the word of
God can be avoided.
On the other hand, evangelical Christian ministers can find ways of inculcating
some of the useful practices of the phenomenon into their ministry for the benefit
of their congregations and all people who might need such assistance. This is very
necessary because the people from these congregations are patronizing the
services of the deliverance ministries anyway.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die wereldwye fenomeniese groei van die pinksterbeweging is 'n welbekende feit
wat niemand kan ontken nie. Navorsing toon dat die meerderheid van die groei
binne die "neopinkster" of charismatiese deel van die beweging plaasvind. In
Ghana is dit geen uitsondering nie.
Een verskynsel wat so prominent geword het in die charismatiese beweging in
Ghana is die beoefening van die sogenaamde "bevryding". Hierdie verskynsel
beweer dat die Christene lewe in oorvloed sal he wanneer hulle Christus aanbid,
as deel van God se verlossingsplan vir die mens. Meeste van hierdie
bevrydingsbewegings, in 'n groot mate, skryf situasies soos siekte, armoede, die
weiering van 'n visum vir ander lande en selfs sommige natuurlike rampe, onder
andere toe aan bonatuurlike oorsake.
Hierdie bonatuurlike oorsake waarvan gepraat word wat die Christene daarvan
weerhou om die lewe in oorvloed te geniet, word hoofsaaklik geidentifiseer as
demoniese kontaminasie, demoniese invloed, demoniese heksery of
bloedlynvloeke. Die voorgeskrewe teenmiddel hiervoor is om deur bevryding te
gaan deur mid del van 'n spesiale persoon in God.
Hoofsaaklik as gevolg van 'n haglike ekonomiese situasie, leef baie Ghanese
onder die broodlyn en is dit werklik moeilik vir baie mense om Westerse
medisyne te bekostig. Ghanese soek ook daagliks 'n ander heenkome en probeer
hulle lot verander in ander lande. Die tradisionele Ghanees, soos meeste Afrika
inwoners, het 'n werelduitkyk wat glo in die bonatuurlike dimensie vir elke fisiese
verskynsel, insluitend die probleem om 'n visum te kry.
Die verskyning van die bevrydingsbedienings, het gevolglik 'n legitieme
toevlugsoord gebied aan mense wat andersins na tradisionele heiligdomme sou
gaan, om antwoorde op hulle probleme en vrae te soek. Die uitdaging wat hierdie
verskynsel aan die Evangeliese Christendom bied, is onderstreep in hierdie navorsing. 'n Kritiese evaluering van die fenomeen, soos dit voorkom in Ghanese
Christendom, is vanuit die perspektief van 'n spesifieke definisie van
evangelisasieleer gedoen.
Net soos die feit dat sommige bevrydingsbedienings werklik die mens se egte
behoeftes op 'n onbetwisbare, bybelse manier aanspreek, net so is dit duidelik dat
sommige mense om verskeie redes anti-Christelike en bygelowige beginsels
implementeer. Die doel van hierdie navorsing is dus om Evangeliese Christene in
te lig waaroor hierdie verskynsel handel, in die lig van die Woord. Sodoende kan
praktyke wat nie ooreenstemend met die waarheid van God se Woord is, me
vermyword.
Aan die anderkant, kan Evangeliese Christen predikers maniere vind om die
nuttige praktyke van hierdie verskynsel in hul eie bedienings te integreer tot
voordeel en opbou van die gemeente en aIle mense wat sulke bystand mag
benodig. Dit is noodsaaklik omdat die mense van hierdie gemeentes in elk geval
die bevrydingsbedienings ondersteun.
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Tan-Chow, May Ling. "Pentecostal theology for the twenty-first century : engaging with multi-faith Singapore /." Aldershot : Ashgate, 2007. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb412950481.
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Drake, Nicholas James. "Constructing a theology for Pentecostal-Charismatic worship using Calvin's 'Union with Christ'." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8516/.
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When Pentecostal-Charismatic [P-C] theologians look for theological resources, John Calvin is rarely first choice. This thesis explores how the Reformer's theology of human participation in God through Union with Christ offers a rich, untapped, resource for constructing a theology for P-C worship. It moves through three key questions: I. What is the distinct understanding of divine-human relationship captured in the instinctive praxis of Charismatic worship? 2. How does Calvin's notion of Union with Christ provide a theological grounding for, and critique of the notion of intimacy and encounter with God at the heart of Charismatic worship experience? 3. Can the dialogue between these two traditions form the basis for constructing a wider Trinitarian theology of Christian worship that is a synthesis of pneumatological emphasis and Christo-centricity. Union with Christ is found to provide a missing soteriological lens for P-C worship whilst P-C worship invites an expansion of the notion of 'visible grace' and the 'accommodation' of God. United by their shared pneumatological emphasis, together both traditions offer a new framework for constructing a theology of worship that expands existing sacramental models. This 'Trinitarian Participatory Ontology' places both Christ and the Spirit as central to mediating human participation in God.
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Wadholm, Rick. "A theology of the Spirits in the former Prophets : a Pentecostal perspective." Thesis, Bangor University, 2017. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/a-theology-of-the-spirits-in-the-former-prophets-a-pentecostal-perspective(4968ad0e-56ed-4106-8aa8-e7d09f0c8302).html.
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This thesis works toward a constructive Pentecostal theology of the Spirit in the Former Prophets. Chapter one provides a history of interpretation (from 1896 to present) of major works engaging the Former Prophets with regard to the Spirit. Chapter two offers a Pentecostal hermeneutic of the Former Prophets. Chapter three provides a history of effects (or Wirkungsgeschichte) approach by hearing the Spirit texts of the Former Prophets alongside of early North American Pentecostals (specifically the journals from 1906-1920) in order to offer a better orientation to how Pentecostal communities have interpreted these texts in their formative years. Chapters four through seven apply the hermeneutic of chapter two to the groupings of texts of the Spirit in the Former Prophets. As such, the chapters that follow are larger literary units which include multiple references to the Spirit of Yahweh/God, but are grouped together as narratological units. Chapter four addresses the judges who explicitly experience the liberating Spirit of Yahweh. Chapter five addresses Saul and David’s musical and prophetic experiences of the Spirit of Yahweh/God both for good and ill. Chapter six addresses the ambiguities of the Spirit in the context of the prophet Micaiah. Chapter seven addresses the passing of the Spirit of true prophetic sonship from Elijah to Elisha. Chapter eight then attempts a constructive Pentecostal theology of the Spirit in light of the study of the Spirit in the Former Prophets laid out in the preceding exegetical chapters and the Wirkungsgeschichte of chapter three. Finally, the concluding chapter briefly summarizes the contributions of this study and entertains multiple potential directions for future study brought to light through this study.
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Williams, Eric Lewis. "More than tongues can tell : significations in Black Pentecostal thought." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/18742.
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The current study seeks to insert African American Pentecostal theologies as a generative subject of examination for scholars of American and African Atlantic religious history and theology. By providing close and critical readings of newly-found sources of African American Pentecostal theology by four significant African American Pentecostal theologians, this study situates African American Pentecostal thought as a distinctive theological trajectory within both African Atlantic Christianity and North American religious thought. The writings of theologians Ozro Thurston Jones, Jr., Ithiel Conrad Clemmons, James Alexander Forbes, Jr., and William Clair Turner, Jr., will be explored to expose the contours of a distinctive African American Pentecostal theology. An examination of the writings of this cohort demonstrates that African American Pentecostal thought is contextual (marked by an openness to and engagement with various Christian and philosophical traditions) and liberationist (deeply committed to a revitalization of Christian witness in the pursuit of social justice). In this comparative analysis of their respective theological programs, with a focus on recurring theological ideas, values, and themes, this study provides a phenomenology of African American Pentecostal theology. Within the field of modern black theology, there has been a call by scholars for more attention to be paid to pneumatology, which has been generally neglected; while within the field of North American Pentecostalism, a glossocentric pneumatology has been the dominant theological framework. The four theologians examined in this study resist both limitations, and in the diversity of their methods and theological perspectives, these scholars participate in a broader, more generous theological enterprise. This project seeks to both unsettle and complexify anew various reductionist readings of African American Pentecostal theologies and to create space for a deepened exchange between the broader traditions of African Atlantic Christian theologies and African American religious thought. The methodologies employed in this study include biographical criticism, phenomenological analysis, and religious ethnography. Biographical criticism underscores the critical importance of social contexts in the formation of black religious consciousness. Phenomenological analysis allows for an examination of African American Pentecostalism as its own distinctive religious phenomenon. And critical religious ethnography is employed to assess the reception and impact of each theologian’s overall theological production. Given the growth and theological maturation of Pentecostalism, and the social, cultural and ecumenical impact it has exerted worldwide, this dissertation examines what the theology of the African American Pentecostal movement has contributed to contemporary Christian thought amidst the shifting theological contours of World Christianity and North American religious thought.
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Majewski, Rodrigo Gonçalves. "Assembleia de Deus e teologia pública: o discurso pentecostal no espaço público." Faculdades EST, 2010. http://tede.est.edu.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=253.
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A presente dissertação apresenta alguns temas da teologia pentecostal em interface com o conceito de teologia
pública, buscando refletir sobre as possíveis consequências, no espaço público, de um discurso fundamentado no
pentecostalismo. O primeiro capítulo apresenta a teologia mais popular das Assembleias de Deus, manifesta nas
revistas de escola bíblica dominical publicadas pela editora da denominação, a CPAD. Nela se constata que
houve um progressivo interesse da denominação em relação às questões sociais/políticas, ampliando-se
gradativamente, ainda que não maciçamente, o espaço dedicado a essa temática, havendo um aprimoramento
constante da fundamentação teológica. O segundo capítulo explica de forma resumida alguns temas relevantes
da teologia pentecostal assembleiana, os quais seriam relevantes e enriquecedores para a fundamentação da
relação entre crente/igreja e sociedade desde o ponto de vista desta corrente teológica. Os temas são os seguintes:
o poder do Espírito (poder de Deus) e os milagres; a eclesiologia; a santificação e a ética pentecostal, com sua
ênfase na separação do mundo; a escatologia e sua crença no retorno iminente de Cristo; e a noção de guerra
espiritual e toda a cosmologia pentecostal (a crença em anjos, demônios e sua influência sobre indivíduos,
sociedade e realidade em geral). O terceiro capítulo pergunta pelas consequências públicas que se podem extrair
destes pontos específicos da teologia pentecostal. Discorre, num primeiro momento, sobre como os mesmos não
deveriam ser interpretados, na medida em que poderiam levar a condutas inadequadas para um cristão no espaço
público, ao menos inadequadas do ponto de vista de uma teologia pública. Num segundo momento, aponta
algumas leituras que parecem mais adequadas para os temas teológicos pentecostais, extraindo então
consequências desejáveis e em consonância com o que alguns teólogos públicos propõem, facilitando o diálogo
com a sociedade e uma participação mais efetiva no espaço público, em busca do bem comum, por parte do
crente pentecostal e das próprias Assembleias de Deus enquanto instituição. Propõe, em resumo, as seguintes
interpretações: poder de Deus que implique em serviço comunitário humilde para toda sociedade; uma igreja
peregrina, mas consciente e atuante; uma ardente expectativa pela consumação do Reino de Deus que motive a
transformação social; uma santificação que se expanda pelo social, no combate às injustiças; e uma postura
humilde e sábia quanto aos fenômenos espirituais que possam influenciar as pessoas e a sociedade.
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McLeod, Mark. "A theological and biblical critique of the atonement theology of the Faith movement." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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King, Gerald W. "The Pentecostal theology of William H. Durham (1873-1912) a response to the Holiness Movement /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Gladwin, Ryan Redding. "Towards a liberating Latin American ecclesiology : the local church as a socially and culturally transformative historical project." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/18007.
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Because of the drastic changes (political, socio-cultural, and ecclesial) in Latin America since the genesis of Latin American Theology in the 1960s and 70s and the persistent and pernicious presence of poverty and injustice, it is imperative for theology to confront the present socio-cultural and ecclesial context. Through the development of a sociological and historical survey of Argentina during the past half-century, this thesis argues that the present holds little hope for a revitalization of the triumphalist, macro-social historical project of Latin American Liberation Theology, but instead demands an informed theological reflection on the micro-social. It also engages various Latin American theological perspectives (Liberationist, Progressive Evangelical, and Pentecostal/neo-Pentecostal) and argues that community is at the centre of their conceptions of transformation and that, accordingly, the local church is a potential transformative historical project. It examines this transformative potential through ethnographic and theological case studies of two local Baptist churches (Progressive Evangelical and neo-Pentecostal) in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, demonstrating that the present ecclesial context is diverse and contentious, but nevertheless a potential location of transformation. It contends that the local church is a fitting historical project for Latin American Theology as it functions as a bridge between the exilic present and the utopia of the Kingdom of God, between individual and social transformation, and between the hermeneutically-focused historical sciences and the emancipatory-focused critical social sciences. It concludes that the local church is a transformative historical project as a gathering community that seeks to be faithful and effective through non-violent confrontation, reconciling unity, and discernment.
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Churchouse, Matthew John. "Renewing the soul : towards an enhanced Pentecostal philosophical theological doctrine of human constitution." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8009/.
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Having given a fresh historical overview of Pentecostal thought concerning the doctrine of human constitution, and so ascertained the trajectory Pentecostal theology is on concerning this doctrine, this thesis identifies Amos Yong and then Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen as significant voices towards the end and present of the trajectory, with the potential to influence its future direction. The thesis highlights both scholars’ assumption that any dualistic view of human constitution - specifically, understanding the soul as a distinct immaterial (and after death, separable) entity from the body - is theologically and philosophically problematic, and charts their alternative proposal(s) of an emergent monist view of human constitution. Responding to them, the thesis counters their theological and philosophical challenges, and further contends that their emergent monist proposals suffer much greater problems. It then argues for and constructs an enhanced Pentecostal view of human constitution - one more consistent with Pentecostal theological emphases, and also stronger philosophically than Yong’s and Kärkkäinen’s - proposing a new ‘Enspiritable Dualist’ view, by renewing the soul. Through giving it suitable prominence in Pentecostalism’s theology of constitution, and by establishing the centrality of the S/spirit in the new model, the soul is renewed, in turn, redirecting the trajectory’s future.
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Albano, Fernando. "Dualismo corpo/alma na teologia pentecostal." Faculdades EST, 2010. http://tede.est.edu.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=237.
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O objeto desta pesquisa é o dualismo corpo/alma na teologia pentecostal brasileira,
representado por sua maior expressão, a Assembléia de Deus. Assim, a partir da
valorização do ser humano integral, se busca investigar a antropologia teológica
pentecostal, suas tensões e convergências com a perspectiva bíblica. A ênfase
teológica na unidade da constituição humana, que o testemunho bíblico indica,
contrasta com a experiência histórica da cristandade, na qual o corpo sempre teve
um papel secundário, status que, ainda permanece no pentecostalismo atual. Esta
pesquisa apresenta seu conteúdo em três capítulos: capítulo 1 procura-se identificar
a origem, assim como o desenvolvimento do dualismo antropológico ao longo dos
principais períodos da História da Igreja. Com o título Teologia pentecostal e
dualismo antropológico, o segundo capítulo busca apresentar um breve perfil da
teologia pentecostal, considerando principalmente os dados que demonstram sua
concepção de ser humano. No caminho da superação do dualismo antropológico,
terceiro e último capítulo, se busca depois de descrever brevemente sobre a
constituição do ser humano, indicar a partir de alguns dados bíblicos em diálogo com
alguns autores, meios de superação do dualismo antropológico. Por fim, aponta-se
para a teologia pentecostal a adoção da perspectiva antropológica unitária.<br>The object of this research is the dualism between body and soul in the Brazilian
Pentecostal theology, represented by its major expression for the Assembly of God
Church. Thus, from the appreciation of the whole human being, take it goals to
investigate the Pentecostal theological anthropology, its tensions and convergences
with the biblical perspective. The theological emphasis on the unity of the human
constitution, that the biblical testimony indicates, contrastes with the historical
experience of Christianity, in which the body, always played a secondary status,
which remains in Pentecostalism today. This research presents its content in three
chapters: Chapter 1 seeks to identify the origin, as well as the development of
anthropological dualism along the mains periods of church history. Entitled
Pentecostal Theology and anthropological dualism, the second chapter seeks to
present a brief aspect of Pentecostal theology, especially considering the data
showing his conception of human being. On the way to overcome the anthropology
dualism, third and last chapter, is quest its, after describing briefly about the
constitution of the human being from some biblical data in dialogue with some
authors, means of overcoming of the anthropological dualism. Finally, it indicates to a
Pentecostal theology the adoption of the anthropological unity perpective.
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Loder, Allan Thomas. "An examination of the Classical Pentecostal doctrine of the baptism in the Holy Spirit in light of the Pentecostal position on the sources of theology." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ46226.pdf.
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Davidsson, Tommy Henrik. "Lewi Pethrus' ecclesiological thought 1911-1974 : a transdenominational Pentecostal ecclesiology." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3379/.
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This thesis is a diachronic investigation of Lewi Pethrus’ ecclesiological thought from 1911 to 1974. The research employs Roger Haight’s transdenominational ecclesiology as its methodological framework. Since Haight’s methodology is based on a concrete ecclesiological method that emphasises the importance of a historical consciousness in ecclesiology, the study particularly focuses on the formative contexts that shaped Pethrus’ ecclesiology. The emphasis on formative contexts not only explains why certain ecclesiological concepts arose at particular points in Pethrus’ life but also clarifies why concepts were abandoned or developed over time. A vital part of Haight’s methodology is also to examine the religious values that remain constant and significantly form ecclesiological views. The thesis argues that Pethrus’ ecclesiology is shaped by a Pentecostal form of spirituality that has ‘loving Christ and loving neighbour’ as its core values. The combination of a Pentecostal form of spirituality and formative contexts is what makes Pethrus’ ecclesiology ‘Pentecostal’ and gives it its inner logic. The thesis concludes by taking this inner logic of Pethrus’ ecclesiology and hypothetically applying it to a global setting. The result is a contribution toward a transdenominational Pentecostal ecclesiology that has important implications for any attempt to construct a global Pentecostal ecclesiology.
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Ahn, Yongnan Jeon. "A formulation of Pentecostal hermeneutics and its possible implication for the interpretation of tongues and prophecy in Cor. 12-14." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.246389.
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LeSieur, Simon P. "Still burning : exploring the intersection of pentecostal and reformed understandings of baptism in the Holy Spirit." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17452.
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Assignment (M. Div.)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: I argue within the following pages for a synthesis of the contemporary Charismatic and Reformed positions on baptism in the Holy Spirit. I begin by surveying the Pre-Pentecost expectations of the Spirit’s outpouring and then unfold both the Charismatic and the Reformed views concerning Spirit baptism. In a final chapter, I propose a combined approach to Spirit baptism – spectacular everydayness - that takes seriously the Charismatic emphasis on the Spirit’s role of power as well as the centrality of community that forms the backbone of Reformed pneumatology.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In die volgende dokument argumenteer ek vir ‘n sintese van die kontemporêre Charismatiese en Gereformeerde standpunte oor die doop met die Heilige Gees. Ek begin deur die voor-Pinkster verwagtinge van die uitstorting van die Gees te ondersoek, en daarna fokus ek op sowel die Charismatiese en die Gereformeerde beskouings van doop met die Gees. In ‘n finale hoofstuk stel ek ‘n gekombineerde benadering tot doop in die Gees voor – spectacular everydayness – wat die Charismatiese klem op die Gees se rol van krag, sowel as die sentraliteit van gemeenskap wat die ruggraat van Gereformeerde pneumatologie vorm, ernstig opneem.
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McKinnon, Allan Smith. "On being charismatic brethren : roots and shoots of Pentecostal evangelicalism in Tanzania." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8315/.
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Pentecostal and charismatic expressions of Christian faith among Christian Brethren churches of northern Tanzania are the focus of this study. By tracing the historical developments of the Open Brethren and Pentecostal Movements, the work highlights similarities and distinctives which continue in the present to shape a new rising African Christianity that has been defined as 'pentecostal evangelicalism'. Historical origins in mission endeavour shed light on the indigenous development of these Charismatic Brethren and Pentecostal Evangelicals. This new expression of faith is shown to be well adjusted to an African religious and cultural milieu in the given Tanzanian context. It is not denominationally situated but rather bears the marks of revivalist movements. The study incorporates an analysis of opinions expressed by Tanzanians through use of a Q Method survey and thereby attempts to define 'pentecostal evangelicalism'. The thesis concludes by pointing to shema and shalom as theological nodes which describe these charismatic Brethren and suggests their understanding may have value beyond the shores of the African continent.
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Taylor, Malcolm John. "Publish and be blessed: a case study in early Pentecostal publishing history." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1994. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/888/.
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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 proved highly successful in disseminating the distinctive tenets of the movement across the globe. The first part of this work outlines the social, historical and religious background to the movement in the USA and Britain, and highlights the distinctive doctrines and practices of Pentecostalism. The second section examines the emergence of Pentecostal publishing movements and their products in the USA, especially the role played by the prototypical magazine of W. J. Seymour, The Apostolic Faith. The third and major part of this dissertation is a detailed case study of the earliest, and most influential, Pentecostal magazine published in Britain, Confidence. The crucial role that this journal and its editor, A. A. Boddy, played in formulating and propagating the beliefs and practices of the nascent movement is critically examined, together with an assessment of its contribution to wider issues of religious life and thought in Britain. Areas of subsequent influence in the development of historic Pentecostalism and its contemporary offshoots are also discussed
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Nelson, Kenneth M. "Seminary without walls evaluating a working alternative to traditional theological education /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Muindi, Samuel W. "The nature and significance of prophecy in Pentecostal-charismatic experience : an empirical-biblical study." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3752/.
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The notion of prophecy is a Leitmotiv, both in Scripture and in the Church. However, the popular form of prophecy that is witnessed in the Church today is the charismatic prophecy manifestations in the Pentecostal- charismatic movement. Although the latter is now billed as the fastest growing Christian movement in church history, and has brought to the fore the biblical notion of the charisms of the Holy Spirit, the subject of charismatic prophecy has received limited attention in Pentecostal studies. There is therefore a gap in knowledge. The present study is an attempt to address the lacuna; it is an empirical-biblical investigation of the nature and significance of prophecy in the Pentecostal- charismatic experience. The study presents a particular thesis: that charismatic prophecy, as observed in Pentecostal- charismatic congregational settings in the African context, is sacramental in its nature and parakletic in its functional significance. Thus, the charismatic prophecy experience is viewed as an intense moment of a participatory interface between the divine Spirit and the human spirit in which the divine Spirit infuses the human conscious dimension with revelatory impulses. The experience is parakletic in the sense that it edifies, encourages, and comforts the church in congregational settings.
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Eriksson, Maria. "Barns väg till frälsning i dagens svenska Pingströrelse : En studie av ett teologiskt dubbelseende och en pågående omförhandling." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-155635.
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This thesis explore how the contemporary Swedish Pentecostal movement view childrens way to salvation. Is it possible to discern certain theological systems represented in the movement and has the movement’s view changed over time? The study reaches the conclusion that the view has changed and that there exists two logically opposite systems in the movement, leaving it with a theological double vision. The study explores the theological basis and the practical implications of both systems, and seek to discern what system is the prominent one. The study shows that the pelagian system stands out against the arminian system and that an ongoing theological renegotiation seems to strenghthen its position. The study also interacts briefly with two international pentecostal movements and finds the arminian theological system to dominate in that context. The result of the study raises questions whether the Swedish Pentecostal movement is aware of it’s double vision and the changes that is underway. The study ends by emphasizing the need for the Swedish Pentecostal movement to work through some main elements in its theology, in order to reach a clear view of children’s way to salvation.<br>Studien undersöker hur dagens svenska Pingströrelse ser på barns väg till frälsning. Vilka teologiska system finns representerade i rörelsen? Vilken teologi bygger dessa på och vilken praktik leder de till i förhållande till barnen? Studien söker också att besvara vilket teologiskt system som dominerar inom rörelsen samt om rörelsens syn på barns väg till frälsning har förändrats över tid. Studien visar att två oförenliga teologiska system, det pelagianska och det arminska, finns representerade i Pingströrelsen och att det pelagianska systemet är mest framträdande. Resultatet pekar på att den svenska Pingströrelsen har en dubbelsyn på barns väg till frälsning vilket leder till en skiftande praktik i förhållande till barnen. Studien utvidgar kort perspektivet och jämför den svenska Pingströrelsens teologi med teologin hos två internationella pingströrelser: Pentecostal World Fellowship och Assemblies of God. Studien avslutas med en uppmaning till den svenska Pingströrelsen att arbeta igenom sin teologi så att den kommer fram till en skarp syn på barns väg till frälsning och därmed till en välgrundad praktik i arbetet bland barnen.
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Pommerening, Claiton Ivan. "Fábrica de pastores: interfaces e divergências entre educação teológica e fé cristã comunitária na teologia pentecostal." Faculdades EST, 2015. http://tede.est.edu.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=658.
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Evangelische Missionswerk in Deutschland<br>A teologia formal e reflexiva foi alvo de rejeição no início do pentecostalismo,
por este apresentar uma cultura anti-intelectualista e de religiosidade
experiencial. Ela era construída prioritariamente de forma oral e narrativa. Na
medida em que o pentecostalismo foi crescendo e tomando forma no Brasil,
com a adesão de elementos mais ilustrados da sociedade, começou a se dar
abertura a uma reflexão teológica mais racional e elaborada. No entanto, os
pressupostos iniciais de rejeição continuaram latentes, ainda que de forma
velada e subjetiva, dificultando importantes avanços teológicos, especialmente
em se tratando das Assembleias de Deus. Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo
esclarecer, através de uma perspectiva histórica que leva a aportes
sociológicos e teológicos, os avanços e retrocessos que a educação teológica
empreendeu nas Assembleias de Deus no Brasil, detalhando discussões entre
apoiadores e reprovadores da educação teológica, abordando a elaboração de
currículos e as disputas de poder entre suecos, brasileiros e norte-americanos
pela educação teológica, os empreendimentos de fundação de Institutos
Bíblicos e cursos teológicos por extensão e a expansão da teologia até serem
abertos os cursos reconhecidos pelo MEC, que atualmente são apoiados por
algumas Assembleias de Deus no Brasil. Intenta-se explicar por que os
pentecostalismos preferem teologias de caráter mais devocional e experiencial
em detrimento de teologias mais reflexivas e críticas, levando em conta a
ênfase dada à teologia mais de caráter pneumatológico. Para tal, demonstra-se
a importância do fenômeno de êxtase através do batismo no Espírito Santo e
todas as manifestações experienciais deste segmento religioso, além de propor
um método teológico que tenta conciliar o legado teológico pentecostal com
teologias acadêmicas e reflexivas na tentativa de traçar um possível caminho
para a teologia pentecostal que ainda está em desenvolvimento.<br>The formal reflective theology was a rejection target in the beginning of
Pentecostalism since it presented an anti-intellectualist culture and of
experiential religiosity. It was built primarily in oral and narrative form. As
Pentecostalism was growing and taking shape in Brazil, with the adherence of
more illustrious elements of society, it began to give opening to a more rational
and elaborated theological reflection. However, the initial rejection assumptions
continued latent, albeit in covert and subjective form making important
theological advances difficult, especially in regards to the Assemblies of God.
This research aims to clarify through historical research which leads to
sociological and theological contributions, the advances and retreats that
theological education undertook in the Assemblies of God in Brazil, detailing
discussions between supporters and disapprovers of theological education,
approaching the elaboration of curriculums and the dispute among Swedish,
Brazilians and North-Americans for the theological education, the foundation
enterprises of biblical institutions and theological courses by extension and
expansion of theology until courses recognized by MEC were opened, which
nowadays are supported by some Assemblies of God in Brazil. It tries to explain
why Pentecostalisms prefer theologies with a more devotional and experiential
character in detriment of more reflective and critical theologies, taking in
consideration the emphasis given to theology of pneumatological character. For
such, the importance of the ecstasy phenomenon through the baptism in the
Holy Spirit and all the experiential manifestations of this religious segment is
demonstrated and proposes a theological method that tries to reconcile the
Pentecostal theological legacy with academic and reflective theologies in an
attempt to draw a possible path for the Pentecostal theology that is still in
development.
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Kindelberger, Roy D. "The Lord's Supper in the theology of John Wesley, Charles Finney, and Stanley Horton a Wesleyan, holiness, and classical Pentecostal perspective /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Darrell, Bryan G. Nunnally Wave. "The hermeneutics of pentecostal-independent charismatic restoration theology in the United States and England an analysis of its ecclesiology, worship, and interpretive method /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1996.<br>Abstract. Appendix includes "An analysis of Debbie Roberts' book: Rejoice: a biblical study of the dance by Dr. Wave Nunnally." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 114-129).
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Oliveira, Sérgio Batista de. "O LUGAR DA HERMENÊUTICA BÍBLICA NA FORMAÇÃO TEOLÓGICA DA IGREJA EVANGÉLICA ASSEMBLEIA DE DEUS." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, 2012. http://localhost:8080/tede/handle/tede/836.
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Previous issue date: 2012-03-14<br>A hermeneutic analysis of IEAD (Igreja Evangélica Assembleia de Deus
Evangelical Church Assembly of God) has been little discussedin dissertations and
theses that deal with it. Therefore, our basic objective is to analyze what constitutes
the Pentecostal theology present in IEAD,inquiring on what is the place of biblical
hermeneutics in the theological formation of IEAD. With that in mind, we reflect here
on this subject, aimingto understand the history of IEAD, its expansion in Brazil and
its insertion in Pentecostalism, contemplating the analysis of the hermeneutic basis
which underlies its theology. Methodologically, we will build an interpretative analysis
of the few studies on that approach, ranging from authorswho have built a more
religious study of the expansion of that movement, to thosewho have deepened their
discussionsfrom an analysis of its administrative structure, while highlighting authors
who turn specifically to other movements of Pentecostalnature which formed the
basis of the theology of that religious group. As results obtained from research on
previous movementsand the very IEAD, we highlight here the influence of Pahram
and theologies present among Pietists, Methodists, Montanistsand the prosperity
theology as well asthe way concordism has been presentin the literal interpretation of
the Bible performed by that group.<br>A análise hermenêutica da IEAD tem sido pouco discutida em dissertações e teses
que a abordam. Diante disso, nosso objetivo básico é analisar em que consiste a
teologia pentecostal presente na IEAD, nos indagando sobre qual o lugar da
hermenêutica bíblica na formação teológica da IEAD. Pensando nisso, firmamos
aqui uma reflexão sobre este assunto que objetivará compreender a história da
IEAD, sua expansão pelo Brasil e inserção no pentecostalismo, contemplando a
análise da base hermenêutica que fundamenta a sua teologia. Metodologicamente,
construiremos uma análise interpretativa dos estudos escassos desta abordagem
que vão desde autores que construíram um exame mais religioso da expansão deste
movimento àqueles que aprofundaram suas discussões a partir de uma análise da
sua estrutura administrativa, sem deixar de apontar autores que se voltam
especificamente para outros movimentos de cunho pentecostal e que embasaram a
teologia deste agrupamento religioso. Como resultados obtidos a partir de pesquisas
de movimentos anteriores e da própria IEAD destacamos aqui a influencia de
Pahram e das teologias presentes entre pietistas, metodistas, montanistas e a
teologia da prosperidade, bem como a maneira que o concordismo esteve presente
na interpretação literal da Bíblia exercida por este grupo.
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Feller, George I. "A Bible college course entitled "The kingdom-- now, later, or both"." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.
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Beck, Jeffrey R. "The establishment of a ministry training school in Kamloops, British Columbia." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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Alves, Eduardo Leandro. "Brasil, um país de fé: por que o maior país católico do mundo, também é o maior país pentecostal do mundo?" Faculdades EST, 2012. http://tede.est.edu.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=386.
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Esta pesquisa busca mostrar que no Brasil houve várias influências religiosas que geraram, a partir da mistura entre os povos e suas religiões, um povo místico bastante voltado para o sobrenatural. Assim, com a chegada dos Missionários Pentecostais em 1910, a Teologia Pentecostal encontrou um terreno fértil, pois a mensagem anunciada apresentava Deus intervindo de forma visível na vida do povo, curando as suas doenças, salvando a sua alma e gerando a esperança de salvação eterna. Sendo assim, investiga-se em que medida a cultura religiosa brasileira, fruto das várias etnias que formaram o que hoje chamamos de povo brasileiro, favorece a Teologia Pentecostal Clássica e o seu desenvolvimento nas várias camadas da sociedade brasileira. Para isso o texto apresenta de forma introdutória a história religiosa dos colonizadores; mostra as expressões religiosas que havia no Brasil antes da chegada dos colonizadores, assim como a religiosidade que os negros africanos trouxeram ao Brasil; relata a chegada dos primeiros missionários protestantes; analisa a chegada dos missionários pentecostais no Brasil com a Teologia Pentecostal Clássica, assim como as possíveis causas do seu crescimento no Brasil. Passando, então, a questões contemporâneas relativas ao centenário da maior denominação Pentecostal do Brasil, a Assembleia de Deus. Nesta análise supõe-se que a teoria de Max Weber da afinidade eletiva, pode ser somada com a proposta de Clifford Geertz, onde supõe-se que o desenvolvimento do Pentecostalismo Clássico no Brasil foi favorecido por questões sociais bem particulares da formação do povo brasileiro, que por afinidade, entre todas as possibilidades da teologia evangélica já presente, optou pelo Pentecostalismo, por afinidade cultural.<br>This research aims to show that in Brazil, there were several religious influences that generated from the mixture of peoples and their religions, a very people-oriented mystical supernatural. Thus, with the arrival of Pentecostal missionaries in 1910, Pentecostal theology found fertile ground, because its message had God intervening in a visible way in the life of the people, healing their diseases, saving their soul and generating hope of eternal salvation. Therefore, we investigate to what extent the religious culture of Brazil, the fruit of the various ethnicities that formed what we now call the Brazilian people, favors the Classical Pentecostal Theology and its development in the various strata of its society. For this, the text presents in an introductory way the religious history of the settlers, shows the religious expressions practiced in Brazil before the arrival of the settlers, as well as the religiosity that black Africans brought to Brazil, reports the arrival of the first Protestant missionaries, analyzes the Pentecostal missionaries arrived in Brazil with a Classical Pentecostal Theology, as well as the possible causes of its growth in Brazil. Turning, then, to contemporary issues related to the centennial of Brazil's largest Pentecostal denomination, the Assemblies of God. In this analysis it is assumed that the theory of Max Weber's "elective affinity" can be added to the proposal of Clifford Geertz, where it is assumed that the development of Classical Pentecostalism in Brazil was favored in the forming of its people by very particular social issues that, because of affinity, among all the possibilities of the already present evangelical theology, opted by cultural affinity for Pentecostalism.
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Pedro, Trevor Enrico. "Employing Richard T. Lawrence’s God Image Scales: Two case studies from Hanover Park." University of Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7537.
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Magister Artium - MA<br>This study is situated in the field of Practical Theology with specific reference to empirical studies on the God-images that lay people operate with in their daily lives. It is often observed in the discourse on theology and development that the images people hold of God reflect a sense of power or powerlessness but may also influence the way lay people respond to their social environment. This applies irrespective of religious or denominational affiliation, age group, gender, occupation or socio-economic standing. In particular, this study focusses on two congregations, namely St Dominic’s Anglican Church and the Pentecostal Protestant Church, both located in Hanover Park. These are selected because they represent diverging theological traditions that may or may not shape people’s God-images. The assumption is that whether people see God as law-giver and law-enforcer, a strict judge, an advisor, an advocate, a close friend, a problem-solver or dispenser of goods and services, that this would make a significant difference to how people view themselves in relation to their world. Whilst this interest in understanding the types of God-images and the influence these God-images might have on particular groupings of people is not new, the interest in God-images is new within the field of practical theology (Counted 2015; Hoffman 2005; Lawrence 1997). The God Image Scale that was developed by Richard T. Lawrence (1997), is used in this study. Lawrence (1997:214) a Roman Catholic priest, who served as a pastor at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Baltimore Maryland, developed two instruments namely the God-Image Inventory (GII) and the God Image Scales (GIS). Whilst the GII is used within clinical and pastoral counselling, the GIS has been more widely used in empirical studies in the field of religious psychology and, especially in North America, on the ways in which images of God function amongst specific groups of people. These instruments have not been widely used in the African or the South African contexts although Africa is widely regarded as “notoriously religious”. Such findings on God-images may be significant for Christian education in violence-ridden communities, not only in Hanover Park. The significance of this study on God-images within a specific community context is tied to the complexities of attempting to measure the quality of an individual’s God- image across different denominations, religious beliefs, religious practices and religious educational frameworks. Of equal importance is the need to distinguish between the influence that different doctrinal teachings and religious practices have on the formation of God-images and God-concepts. Whilst people who are social beings learn from their contexts, are influenced by their experiences and make choices based on intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors, the corpus of God-image literature recognises the pivotal role and influence that one’s God-image have on religious knowledge, attitudes and behaviours within any given context.
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Plácido, Reginaldo Leandro. "Na dimensão do espírito : uma leitura do Espírito Santo na teologia pentecostal em interface com a teologia sistemática de Paul Tillich." Faculdades EST, 2008. http://tede.est.edu.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=106.
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A presente dissertação busca uma interface entre a teologia pentecostal e a Teologia
Sistemática de Paul Tillich tendo como eixo uma leitura sobre o Espírito Santo. Esta leitura é
delimitada a partir da compreensão sobre o Espírito Santo no contexto da formação teológica
da Assembléia de Deus (AD) no Brasil e na Teologia Sistemática de Paul Tillich. Reconhecese
que a AD é a maior expressão numérica do pentecostalismo no Brasil e que o tema Espírito
Santo é parte integrante de seu discurso enquanto denominação pentecostal. Assim, busca-se
nesta pesquisa identificar o conceito de Espírito na história e teologia da AD brasileira. A
partir desta identificação propõem-se uma interface com o sistema teológico de Tillich sobre o
Espírito Santo. Paul Tillich, em sua Teologia Sistemática, dedica mais de um terço de sua
construção teológica a questões ligadas à temática Espírito. A interface entre a teologia
pentecostal e Tillich abre assim caminho para o diálogo e a construção de uma "hermenêutica
do Espírito". Esta pesquisa apresenta seu conteúdo teórico em três capítulos: 1)"Todos
ficaram cheios do Espírito Santo [...]: o Espírito na vida e teologia de Paul Tillich; uma leitura
da biografia e teologia de Paul Tillich tendo o Espírito como eixo semântico. Nesta leitura há
destaque para o sentido de dimensão do Espírito e êxtase como impacto da Presença
Espiritual. 2) "[...] e começaram a falar em outras línguas [...]": Assembléia de Deus no Brasil
e a doutrina do Espírito Santo; a construção da teologia do Espírito Santo na história da AD
no Brasil com ênfase para o sentido de Batismo no Espírito Santo. 3) "[...] conforme o
Espírito Santo lhes concedia": construindo uma interface entre a teologia pentecostal e a
Teologia Sistemática de Paul Tillich a partir do tema Espírito Santo; a partir de uma leitura
sinótica de Atos 2 propõe-se a interface entre as duas teologias com destaque para o sentido
de batismo/êxtase no Espírito Santo.<br>The present essay tries to find an interface between the Pentecostal theology and the
Systematic Theology of Paul Tillich having as its axis a reading of the Holy Spirit. This
reading is delimited from the Holy Spirit comprehension in the theological formation of the
Assembly of God (AG) in Brazil and in the Systematic Theology of Paul Tillich. It is
recognized that the AG is the most numerical Pentecostal expression in Brazil and that the
Holy Spirit theme is an integrated part of its speech as a Pentecostal denomination. Therefore,
this research tries to identify the concept of Spirit in the history and theology of the Brazilian
AG. From this identification an interface with the theological system of Tillich about the Holy
Spirit is proposed, in its Systematic theology, dedicates more than one third of its construction
to questions linked to the Spirit thematic. The interface between the Pentecostal theology and
Tillich then opens the way to a dialogue and the construction of a "Spirit hermeutics". This
research shows its theoretical content in three chapters: 1) "All are full of the Holy Spirit []:
the Spirit in the life and theology of Paul Tillich; a reading of the biography and theology of
Paul Tillich having the Holy Spirit as its semantic axis. In this reading there is a prominence
of the sense of dimension of the Spirit and ecstasies as an impact of the Spiritual Presence. 2)
"[] and they start to speak in other languages []": The God's Assembly in Brazil and the
Holy Spirit doctrine; the construction of the Holy Spirit theology in the GA in Brazil with
emphasis towards the sense in the Holy Spirit Baptism. 3) "[] as the Holy Spirit would
concede thee": building an interface between the Pentecostal theology and the Systematic
Theology of Paul Tillich from the Holy Spirit theme; from a synoptic reading of Acts 2, an
interface between the two theologies is proposed with an outstanding for the baptism/ecstasies
sense in the Holy Spirit.
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Oo, Saw Tint Sann. "Factors that have influenced the attitude of Myanmar Assemblies of God Churches toward social involvement and their implications in formulating a Pentecostal theology of social concern in the Myanmar context." Thesis, Bangor University, 2015. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/knowledge-sharing-in-higher-education(d1c5d672-3434-40e0-a655-0d549b8eef67).html.
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The use of student group working has become prevalent within higher education, and is often adopted within the discipline of Business and Management where it has been recommended as an effective vehicle for the sharing and development of students' tacit and explicit knowledge. Within this thesis it is contended that a greater understanding of students' experiences and perceptions of knowledge sharing during group work will assist educators in designing pedagogic activities that enhance knowledge sharing, potentially increasing students' learning and attainment. Few scholars have investigated knowledge sharing amongst students during group work within the United Kingdom. Within this thesis, the field of knowledge management is adopted as a theoretical lens to explore knowledge sharing during group work amongst business and management students enrolled on taught programmes within Bangor Business School, Bangor University. The first study presents the results of a quantitative survey that explores the relationship between undergraduate and postgraduate students' interpersonal trust relationships and their willingness to share and use tacit knowledge during group work. The second study presents the results of focus groups undertaken with undergraduate and postgraduate students. The study focuses on exploring students' experiences and perceptions of interpersonal trust relationships, tacit knowledge sharing and group allocation methods during group work. The third study presents an action research project concerned with influencing explicit knowledge sharing and use amongst undergraduate students enrolled on a third year undergraduate Human Resource Management module. It presents the design, implementation and evaluation of a pedagogic activity intended to influence electronically mediated inter-group explicit knowledge sharing. Individually and as a composite, these three studies present insights into students' experiences and perceptions of knowledge sharing during group work. Based on the findings, a number of recommendations for educators, and the wider business and management community are offered, and opportunities for future research are highlighted.
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COELHO, ANDRÉ MAGALHÃES. "O SER HUMANO COMO IMAGEM DE DEUS UMA ANÁLISE TEOLÓGICA DO DUALISMO ANTROPOLÓGICO NO DISCURSO RELIGIOSO DA COMUNIDADE CRISTÃ PAZ E VIDA." Universidade Metodista de Sao Paulo, 2017. http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/1648.
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Previous issue date: 2017-03-24<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES<br>This research proposes to investigate the theological anthropology of the Christian Community Peace and Life, evangelical group of neo-Pentecostal matrix. The theological emphasis on the unity of the human constitution, which biblical testimony indicates, contrasts with the historical experience of Christendom in which the body has always played a secondary role, a status that still remains in various religious groups, including current Brazilian Pentecostalism. In view of this reality, Pentecostalism establishes its foundations, faithful to its ecclesiastical context in the same Platonic tendency to value more what is usually called the "soul" and "spirit" than the body, despite the value of body healing, Corporeality in the liturgy and the logic of material prosperity also present in these religious experiences. In order to counter this view, the concept of integrated anthropology will be indicated, based on several authors, especially the theologian Alfonso Garcia Rubio. This concept is fundamentally characterized by the understanding that the human being is a unit. It is that concrete being that appears in all its corporeal dimensions, and the body must relate to the whole cosmos and other living beings making present in a world of relationships and not of exclusions and dichotomies. In this sense, we wonder to what extent the contribution of an integral theological anthropology can constitute a contribution to overcome the anthropological dualism in religious groups such as the Christian Community Peace and Life? The research indicates some theological paths of overcoming concepts of dualistic and reductionist nature of the human condition, in view of an integrated anthropology. As an overcoming of this dualism we suggest an incarnated spirituality where the body makes evident in all its relations and where the unitary experience of the human being as a concrete person. From the concept of Integrated Human, which seeks to overcome dualisms, it is hoped to offer the Christian Community Peace and Life, from its own experience, with all the ambiguities in it, a unitary perception of the human being.<br>Esta pesquisa propõe investigar a antropologia teológica da Comunidade Cristã Paz e Vida, grupo evangélico de matriz neopentecostal. A ênfase teológica na unidade da constituição humana, que o testemunho bíblico indica, contrasta com a experiência histórica da cristandade, na qual o corpo sempre teve um papel secundário, status que ainda permanece em vários grupos religiosos, incluindo o pentecostalismo brasileiro atual. Diante desta realidade, o pentecostalismo estabelece suas bases, fiel ao seu contexto eclesiástico na mesma tendência platônica de valorizar mais o que usualmente se denominou a “alma” e “espírito” do que o corpo, não obstante ao valor da cura do corpo, da corporeidade na liturgia e da lógica de prosperidade material também presentes nessas experiências religiosas. Para se contrapor a essa visão será indicado o conceito de antropologia integrada, a partir de vários autores, em especial o teólogo Alfonso Garcia Rubio. Tal conceito se caracteriza fundamentalmente por entendermos que o ser humano é uma unidade. Trata-se daquele ser concreto que se apresenta em todas as suas dimensões corpóreas, sendo que o corpo deve se relacionar com todo o cosmo e com outros seres vivos fazendo presente em um mundo de relações e não de exclusões e dicotomias. Nesse sentido, nos perguntamos em que medida a contribuição de uma antropologia teológica integral pode se constituir em uma contribuição para a superação do dualismo antropológico em grupos religiosos como a Comunidade Cristã Paz e Vida? A pesquisa indica alguns caminhos teológicos de superação de conceitos de natureza dualista e reducionista da condição humana, tendo em vista uma antropologia integrada. Como superação desse dualismo sugerimos uma espiritualidade encarnada na qual o corpo faz evidente em todas as suas relações e na qual a experiência unitária do ser humano como pessoa concreta. A partir do conceito de Humano Integrado, que busca a superação dos dualismos, espera-se oferecer à Comunidade Cristã Paz e Vida, a partir de sua própria vivência, com todas as ambiguidades nela existentes, uma percepção unitária do ser humano.
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Romeborn, Jakob. ""Vem säger ni att jag är?" : En studie i nutida kontextuell pentekostal kristologi i ljuset av den klassiska pingströrelsens femfaldiga evangelium." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Systematisk teologi med livsåskådningsforskning, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-445697.
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This essay sheds light on three Pentecostal theologians – Frank D. Macchia, Darío López Rodríguez and Opoku Onyinah by analysing one of their theological publications each. The goal of the essay is to find out how their view of Jesus, Christology, compares to the Fivefold gospel of the Classical Pentecostal Movement, namely: 1) Jesus as Saviour, 2) Jesus as Sanctifier, 3) Jesus as Spirit Baptizer, 4) Jesus as Healer and 5) Jesus as Coming King. By a comparative textual analysis of the works of the three theologians, this essay also examines the three theologians’ Christologies as they relate to another, searching for both similarities and differences. Another aspect of the essay is to answer whether the differences in Christologies is a result of the theologians’ cultural backgrounds. With Macchia based in the USA, López Rodríguez in Peru and Onyinah in Ghana they represent vastly different kinds of the global Pentecostal Movement, and whether that fact leads to a contextualization of their Christologies is the matter at hand of the second research question. By also looking at surrounding contextual theologies; the doctrine of Spirit Baptism developed in Classical Pentecostalism in USA, Liberation Theology in Latin America and Spiritual Warfare in Africa, this essay examines how each of these theological frameworks relates to the Pentecostal theologian based in that region. The answer to each of these questions in the conclusion of the essay is two-fold as well. Firstly, the analysis finds that all three theologians closely relate to at least three of the five doctrines; Saviour, Spirit Baptizer and Healer, with the caveat that speaking in tongues is not as present. For the other two, the differences are greater towards Classical Pentecostalism. Secondly, the essay concludes that the theologians are influenced by their contextual background in terms of how they present their Christologies.<br>Uppsatsen analyserar kristologin hos tre pentekostala teologer – Frank D. Macchia, Darío López Rodríguez och Opoku Onyinah – genom att undersöka en teologisk publikation från vardera författare. Syftet är att jämföra deras nutida kristologi med hur den framkom i den klassiska pingströrelsens femfaldiga evangelium; 1) Jesus som frälsare, 2) Jesus som helgelsebringare, 3) Jesus som andedöpare, 4) Jesus som helare och 5) Jesus som kommande kung av Guds rike. Med hjälp av en komparativ innehållslig idéanalys analyseras verken av de tre teologerna, för att se hur deras kristologier relaterar både till varandra och de femfaldiga evangeliet. Ytterligare en aspekt av uppsatsen är att besvara frågan om skillnaderna i deras kristologier beror på författarens kulturella bakgrund eller kontext. Macchia från USA, López Rodríguez från Peru och Onyinah från Ghana representerar vitt skilda delar av den globala pentekostala rörelsen, och om det innebär att en kontextualiserad kristologi framkommer i deras verk är föremål för diskussionen i uppsatsen. Där relateras även författarnas kristologier till omgivande teologiska ramverk i deras respektive världsdelar som exempelvis latinamerikansk befrielseteologi eller betoning av andlig krigföring i Afrika. Resultatet av forskningen i uppsatsen blir därmed tvådelat. För det första relaterar de tre teologerna i stor grad till tre av de fem doktrinerna i det femfaldiga evangeliet; om Jesus som frälsare, andedöpare och helare, med undantaget att tungotalet inte har en lika framträdande plats som hos den klassika pentekostalismen. För det andra dras slutsatsen att samtliga författare är influerade av sin kontextuella bakgrund vid författandet av sina teologiska verk och hur de presenterar sina respektive kristologier.
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Phillips, Dhinakaran Robert Jaba Prasad. "Evaluating contemporary Protestant missions to children at risk in South India : investigating foundations and principles for future Christian mission." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33269.
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The 2011 Indian Census indicates that children under the age of 18 constitute more than 400 million, and most of them are Children at Risk (CAR). This study suggests that the care and protection of children at risk is not a twentieth- or twenty-first-century secular enterprise but has precedents in Protestant missions in India from the late eighteenth century. In the first section, the study focuses on evaluating contemporary Protestant mission contexts in India and a brief historical survey of Protestant missions to CAR in India through case studies. The evaluation concentrates on the implications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) for the predominant Protestant models of mission in contemporary India - which may be summarised as child evangelism, child compassion and child advocacy. The thesis argues that child care and protection is increasingly becoming secularised and professionalised. Moreover, with the emergence of new laws and with increasing, vigilance from international and national agencies, and from Hindu fundamentalists, Christian mission to CAR is itself at risk. Under these circumstances, the study also investigates whether there is a transition from ideas of 'saving' CAR to ideas of protecting the human rights of CAR. In the second section, this hypothesis is further substantiated by case studies of select Protestant churches and Christian NGOs engaging with CAR in the cities of Bangalore and Chennai. Using empirical data, it then claims that the predominant Protestant approaches of evangelism, compassion, and advocacy are still underdeveloped and inadequate primarily because the majority of caregivers working with children still perceive CAR as objects of their mission - an assumption that may be contrary to UNCRC (Articles 14 and 30). Further, it argues that the churches and agencies most active among CAR are from a 'conservative' background, who are often exclusively 'spiritual' and otherworldly in their concerns. The final and most constructive section, based on the evaluations of the empirical data, seeks to recommend a preliminary theology of mission in and through the idea of 'childness' based on Matthew 18: 2-5, an idea developed by Adrian Thatcher in the context of a theology of child participation. Based on these foundations, it suggests that UNCRC can be integrated as a set of principles for contemporary Christian missions with CAR in South India through a missiological process called 'dialogue,' emerging from a pluralistic Indian context. It further proposes that adults and children are to be perceived not as either independent (liberational) or dependent (paternalistic) agencies, but as interdependent agencies working together in God's mission. This thesis finally proposes basic principles for Christian mission to/for/with CAR - a multi-dimensional approach integrating CAR as subjects of God's mission and not just as objects.
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Elsadanam, Isaac [Verfasser]. "A Pentecostal Voice on the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification : Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification: A Pentecostal Assessment / Isaac Elsadanam." Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1211316254/34.
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Rêgo, Marlesson Castelo Branco do. "Liberdade e graça: a resposta agostiniana ao problema da relação entre liberdade humana e graça divina e sua interpretação no protestantismo histórico e no neopentecostalismo atual." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2007. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=118.
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Our aim is to show that, since Augustine, the problem of relation between human freedom and divine grace to pass by occidental historical Christianity. This work attends the problem under three historical perspectives: the dispute between Augustine and Pelagio, in the begining of the fifth century; the polemics of the Protestant Reform, in the Modern Ages, with the Lutheran and Calvinist results; the neopentecostalism, in the present, taking by reference the Universal Church of Gods Kingdom founded in 1977 by Edir Macedo, who has self-named Bishop. In this religious-historical conditions, the concept of grace remains connected to manifestation of sacred, whose expression is registered in a systematic theological discourse in both first periods. However, under the actual perspective, the grace is agreed of utilitarian manner without systematic expression, and the human freedom is under persistent menace, in an environment which the forces of harmony and chaos are in conflit.<br>Nosso propósito é mostrar que, desde Agostinho, o problema da relação entre liberdade humana e graça divina perpassa o cristianismo histórico ocidental. Para tanto, o presente trabalho considera três perspectivas históricas: A
controvérsia entre Agostinho e Pelágio, no início do Séc. V; os desdobramentos luterano e calvinista no contexto da Reforma Protestante, na Idade Moderna; os movimentos neopentecostais contemporâneos, tomando-se como referência a Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, fundada em 1977, pelo autodenominado Bispo Edir Macedo. Nessa trajetória histórico-religiosa, o conceito de graça permanece ligado à manifestação do sagrado, cuja expressão é registrada em discursos teológicos sistemáticos nos dois primeiros períodos considerados. Porém, no terceiro enfoque, o contemporâneo, a graça se apresenta de modo utilitarista, sem expressão sistemática, e a liberdade humana é constantemente ameaçada em meio à luta entre as forças da ordem e do caos.
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Nyberg, Oskarsson Gunilla. "Le mouvement pentecôtiste - une communauté alternative au sud du Burundi 1935-1960." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Missionsvetenskap, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4277.
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This thesis is a contribution to a hitherto neglected area of research: The African Pentecostal Churches, that do not belong to those called African Indigenous Churches (AICs). It is a case study from the perspective of southern Burundi, the periphery of the ancient kingdom. The Pentecostal Movement in Burundi was born in the encounter between Swedish Pentecostal missionaries and the population in the southern part of the country. This study highlights what happened in that encounter. The thesis consists of six parts. The first is a survey of the Pentecostal Movement in Sweden. The diachronic structure of parts two to five focuses on the development within the Burundian Pentecostal Churches and their relationship to the Burundian society 1935-1960. In the sixth part the diachronic approach is augmented by structural analyses, showing how aspects in the Pentecostal Movement developed. The Pentecostal missionaries accepted in part the traditional world view, the belief in a spiritual world and non-rational explanations to misfortunes in life. They encouraged the Burundians to do spiritual experiences, and especially the baptism in the Holy Ghost. The Burundian evangelists and church elders played a decisive role. It was their task to reformulate the Pentecostal message in Kirundi, which was not spoken by the missionaries. They moulded the message into a Burundian Pentecostal message, at the same time respecting the teaching of the early missionaries. They succeeded in doing that so well that the Pentecostal Movement became a popular movement, in certain places the dominating Christian denomination, in spite of the parallel work done by the Catholic Church, encouraged and supported by the Belgian state. This thesis builds on material taken mainly from unpublished sources from archives in Burundi, Sweden, Rome, Great Britain and Denmark. These are supplemented by interviews, most of them made by the author.
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Marchis, Vasile. "A theology of mission for Romanian Pentecostals in a post-dictatorial context : an integrative approach." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5478/.
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This thesis studies the ecclesiological development of Romanian Pentecostalism from its inception until after the fall of communism as well as analysing the contemporary situation and practice of the Romanian Pentecostal churches in context, both to diagnose the most important problems and to draw attention to and explain promising experiments and signs of hope. It reveals that due to external factors such as socio-political and economic constraints and internal factors such as lack of resources, lack of vision, past traditional theological inheritances, Romanian Pentecostal Churches have not always been able to engage with their context in a missionary way, and their missiological praxis has not always been contextual. The thesis aims to suggest that Romanian Pentecostal Churches produce a contextual theology that, in addition to being rooted in the Scriptures, is sensitive to the needs, struggles, and aspirations of the churches and the peoples of Romania today. The thesis concludes by affirming that the churches need to be themselves missionary alternative communities embodying the values of God's Kingdom in their essence, structures and outlook.