Charismatic Christianity in Finland, Norway, and Sweden Case Studies in Historical and Contemporary Developments
This is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license The history of Charismatic Christianity in the Nordic countries reaches as far back as Pentecostalism itself. The bounds of these categories remain a topic of discussion, but Nordic countries have played a vital role for developing this rapidly spreading...
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Definitions and Terminology
- The Nordic Backdrop
- The Beginnings
- Post-World War II Nordic Contexts
- Late Modern Developments
- Contemporary Numbers
- This Book
- The Contributions to This Volume
- References
- Part 1: Historical Perspectives on the Early Pentecostal Movement
- Chapter 2: Paving the Way for Pentecostalism: A Historical Exploration of Post-Reformation Revivals in Norway
- The Monarch's Religious Power: The Protestant Reformation
- Popular Pietism: Hauge and Norwegian Mainstream Religion
- The Dismantling of Religious Monopoly and the Rise of the Inner Mission
- Migrants and Missionaries
- Missionaries to Norway and a Discussion of Labels
- The First Wave: Methodists and Baptists
- The Second Wave: Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses
- The Third Wave: Pentecostals
- Thomas Ball Barratt
- Recruits, Community, and American Dreams
- Concluding Remarks and Later Developments
- References
- Chapter 3: The Norwegian Pentecostal Foreign Mission: A Survey of Mission History with an Emphasis on Organization, Expansion, and Gender
- Win the World1
- The Initial Phase
- The Norwegian Mission Context
- Tension Between Spiritual Idealism and Practical Circumstances
- The Pioneers
- A Controversial Issue: How to Organize the Mission
- Development of a Lasting Organizational Structure
- Summary of the Missionary Expansion
- The Evidence of Faith World Evangelism
- A Woman-Dominated Mission?
- Final Comments
- References
- Part 2: Internal Dynamics
- Chapter 4: In the Wake of God's Fire: Transforming Charisma and Charismata in the Reconstruction of a Local Church
- Making Sense of Charisma
- Prophecy: A Double-edged Sword
- Transforming Foundations of Authority.
- Falling in the Spirit and the Problem of Authenticity
- Gifts of Grace and Words of Knowledge
- Frequency of Gifts and Manifestations
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5: The Finnish Pentecostal Movement: An Analysis of Internal Struggle as a Process of Habitual Division
- Movement Transformation
- Pentecostal Identity as Habitus
- Habitual Transformation
- The Finnish Pentecostal Movement Up to the 1970s
- Diversification of the Pentecostal Movement: The 1980s Onward
- Contemporary Disputes
- Two Different Habituses
- Key Characteristics of the Habituses
- A Struggle for the Future of Finnish Pentecostalism
- Conclusions
- References
- Ethnographic Material
- Chapter 6: Knutby Filadelfia: A Schismatic New Religious Movement Within the Pentecostal Context
- History and Development
- Leadership and Authority
- Beliefs
- Lifestyle
- The Boundaries of the Pentecostal Movement
- Tradition Versus Novelty, Schisms, and "Sects"
- The Crimes in Knutby Filadelfia According to a Lifeworld Perspective
- Conclusion
- References
- Interviews and Informal Conversations
- Part 3: Novelties and Contemporary Innovation
- Chapter 7: Faith Healing Revisited: A Charismatic Christian Intervention to the Therapy Culture in Finland
- The Christian Scene in Contemporary Finland
- Psychologized Discourse and Therapy Culture
- The Global and Local Healing Rooms
- Material
- The Individualized Prayer Service: Setting
- The Individualized Prayer Service: Encountering a Client
- Faith Healing Revisited: Holistic Treatment
- Controversial Border-crossings
- An Intervention in Post-secular Therapy Culture
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8: Sharing and Holy Hugs: The Birth and Development of Intimization in Charismatic Stockholm
- Modernity, Intimacy, and Mobility
- Intimization in Sweden
- An Overview of Stockholm County.
- Local Charismatic Organizations
- Patterns of Growth and Decline
- The Membership
- Intimization: Origins and Distribution in the Field
- Furnishings as Facilitation of Small-Scale Communication
- Socializing in New and Cozy Locations
- Hugging the Faithful
- Mini-communities Within Congregations
- Interacting in and Revealing the Private Sphere
- Prayer Requests as Sharing
- Limits to Disclosure
- Ritualized Intimacy and the Fear of Eroticization
- Meeting Jesus and Restoring Natural Community
- Disclosure, Healing, and Conversion
- A Movement born of a Mobile Doctor Phil Generation
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9: Televangelism in Sweden-Now? Is Channel 10 in Älmhult in Fact a Telechurch?
- Pentecostalism in Sweden
- The Situation of Swedish Radio and Television
- The Pentecostal Use of Media: The Swedish Background
- Televangelism: A General Background
- The Purpose of Channel 10
- Financing Channel 10
- Audiences of Channel 10
- The Effects of Televangelism
- Is Nostalgia the Key to Channel 10's Success?
- References
- Ethnographic Material
- Chapter 10: Postscript: Embers from a Global Fire
- Nordic Particularities
- Nordic Issues in a Global Light
- Future Research Prospects
- Index.
