Shalom, the Spirit and Pentecostal Conversion

A Practical-Theological Study
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-30055-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 18, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Reihe: Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies

In Shalom, the Spirit and Pentecostal Conversion, Grace Milton presents a uniquely practical-theological model of Pentecostal conversion, centered on empirical data from a congregational case study. Pentecostal-Charismatic conversion is commonly equated with a dramatic, “Damascus road” type event, which directly opposes prevailing theories within the social sciences that conversion is a more gradual process over time. This raises the question, how far do these Pentecostal stereotypes reflect lived experience?

In this book, for the first time, the experiences and beliefs of ordinary Pentecostal believers are drawn into conversation with conversion theories from the human sciences (sociology, psychology and anthropology) and theology. The result is a distinctly Pentecostal model of conversion, which interprets religious transformation through the theological lens of Shalom.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Milton, Grace

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Pfingstkirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Blasphemie, Ketzerei, Konversion, Abwendung von Religion

Über Autor(innen)

Grace Milton, Ph.D. (2014), University of Birmingham, is Teaching Fellow in Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK.