History of Pentecostalism
As we research this new movement of pomocostalism it's important to understand the history of pentecostalism. Here's a link that i've found that i think is pretty unbiased about it's approach to pentecostalism. It's from the university of Virginia. It's difficult to get an accurate assessment of the history of pentecostalism because so much of it is jaded by wanting to make it pretty.
http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/penta.html
posted by Peter @ 12:13 PM
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"Pomocostal?" I myself has settled for "post-pentecostal." Perhaps postmodernism can revitalize pentecostalism by freeing it from arbitraty constraints and formulations. Traditional pentescostalism does not put God in a box so much as on a very narrow line. It maintains that every Christian needs to have this one specific experience, and that only one specific way exists to determine whether the Christian has had this one specific experience. By contrast, postmodernism leads to what I call "postnomic theology" - postnomic ("after law") not in the sense of invalidating moral laws, but in the sense of moving beyond a conception of God in which he relates to people primarily through the impersonal framework of "spiritual laws." In this way, postmodernism can restore the personalism of God and contribute to a recognition that, despite his immutable character, he does not relate to every person in the exact same way. A charismatic view of the operation of the Spirit combined with a postmodern emphasis on organism and relationship could prove to be a very compelling synthesis.
ummm yeah...what he said. thanks for stopping by the amazing sam.
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