“…Given the relatively recent introduction of biomedical ideas of alcoholism and addiction in Uganda, most of these people have used other therapeutic resources, including herbal aversion therapies, engagements with balubaale spirits, and forms of deliverance and spiritual warfare practiced in Pentecostal churches. While these methods are at times severe, they contain within them understandings of the self and practices of sociality that point away from models of addiction as a chronic relapsing brain disease and towards the possibility of release. …”

“…The book focuses on celebrations and rituals that arose in the Netherlands as a result of the arrival of new Dutch people: from a baptism in a Ghanaian Pentecostal church to the multicultural event Kwakoe. …”

“…For instance, one in every three Afrikaners used these new freedoms to leave the traditional Dutch Reformed Church (NGK), often for an entirely new religious affiliation within the Pentecostal or Charismatic churches, or new religious movements such as Wiccan neopaganism. …”

“…These include: instances where mass suicides or homicides resulted in religious dissolution; the fall of Mars Hills Church and its larger-than-life megachurch pastor, accused of plagiarism and bullying in 2012; the death of the last member of the Panacea Society in England in 2012; and the disintegration of Knutby Filadelfia, a religious community in Sweden with Pentecostal roots that ceased to exist in May 2018 after a pastor shot his wife. …”

“…La relación entre el papa Francisco y el movimiento pentecostal se funda en relaciones personales de amistad cultivadas en el tiempo y en la oración, pero se funda asimismo en el espíritu fraterno y en las iniciativas ecuménicas del cardenal Bergoglio con judíos, musulmanes y cristianos de otras confesiones, que se consolidaron sobre todo durante la última crisis económica argentina del año 2001. …”

“…This charismatic church has been regarded as one of the most extreme Pentecostal sects in the country. In addition to attention-getting maneuvers such as wearing purple suits with glitzy jewelry, purchasing high profile real estate, and conducting baptisms in city streets with a fire hose, the flamboyant Grace reputedly accepted massive donations from his poverty-stricken followers and used the money to live lavishly. …”

“…Questo libro prende in esame nove scene emblematiche, che vanno dalle origini di Gesù secondo i due racconti dell'infanzia di Matteo e Luca, fino alla crocifissione e alla pentecoste, per mettere in rilievo proprio la dimensione relazionale. …”

“…"That some of his impressions were one-dimensional is undeniable, but equally undeniable is his gift of language - his access to a ready lexicon often composed of what he termed a "perpetual Pentecost" to describe the "talking in tongues" heard in British Overseas Clubs throughout the Empire. …”

“…Il rito stesso conferisce il dono dello Spirito e si configura pertanto come una Pentecoste personale. Se vissuta fino alla sua piena potenzialità, la vita del battezzato diventa allora un'anticipazione in questo mondo della vita nuova della risurrezione. …”

“…Part four centres on five emerging areas that warrant further epistemological consideration: Liberation Theology, Continental Philosophy, modern Orthodox writers, Feminism, and Pentecostalism. This authoritative collection explores how the various topics, figures, and emerging conversations can be reconceived and addressed in light of recent developments in epistemology. …”