Why tongues? : the initial evidence doctrine in North American Pentecostal churches / / Kenneth R. Walters, Jr

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813387403321
• Autore: Walters Kenneth Richard, Jr.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Dorset, United Kingdom : , : Deo Publishing, , 2016
• ISBN: 90-04-39718-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: Journal of Pentecostal Theology supplement series, , 0966-7393 ; ; 42
• Disciplina: 230
• Soggetti: Glossolalia; Pentecostal churches - Doctrines
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Scottish common sense realism -- Christian evidences literature -- Camp meeting revivalism -- Premillennialism and tongues : the millenarian impulse to verify spirit baptism -- Restorationism -- From origin to acceptance --Why tongues?.
• Sommario/riassunto: The modern Pentecostal movement has been studied many times in relation to its theological and sociological background. Previous studies, however, have not focused on the disctinctive doctrine of that movement: the teaching that speaking in tongues is the initial physical evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Given that Pentecostals believe that this is a work of grace, such a doctrine seems unlikely to arise, as physical evidence is seldom required or looked for in the life of a believer in relation to any other area of grace. This prompts the question of why such evidence was even being looked for. And yet, within a very short time of its proposal, acceptance of this doctrine was so widespread as to become the hallmark of the movement. Insistence on such a doctrine led to many being asked to leave their denominations, and thus to the founding of other denominations. This book attempts to answer the question: "Why?" And specifically: "Why Tongues?"