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The Problem of Pentecostal and Charismatic Hermeneutics: Prophetic Reenactment as a Way Forward
by Scott Storbakken
Religions 2023, 14(8), 987; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14080987 - 31 Jul 2023
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To bridge gaps between Pentecostal and Charismatic hermeneutics, I will use two examples to propose a method, namely prophetic reenactment. First, the Azusa Street revival dramatically represented Acts 2, reflecting an interpretation of that chapter. Although the revival most explicitly interpreted one chapter, [...] Read more.
To bridge gaps between Pentecostal and Charismatic hermeneutics, I will use two examples to propose a method, namely prophetic reenactment. First, the Azusa Street revival dramatically represented Acts 2, reflecting an interpretation of that chapter. Although the revival most explicitly interpreted one chapter, we can discern a more thoroughgoing hermeneutic of Scripture through actions that flowed out of the revival. Specifically, I will argue that the prophetic reenactment of Acts 2 also interpreted Acts 4:33–37. Attendants came from various racial, economic, and ecclesiological backgrounds in a culture that disapproved of such intermingling. Through racial integration and actions against poverty, they implicitly interpreted Acts 4:33–37. That hermeneutic directed their newly formed spiritual community. Secondly, Revelation 14:1–5 shows a prophetic reenactment of the defiled angel myth prominent in Second Temple apocalypticism. John introduces characters who act out a reversal of 1 Enoch 12:4. Nevertheless, John shows a wider interpretive schema that extends beyond noncanonical apocalyptic hermeneutics. John never alludes to Acts 4:33–37. As a result of the prophecy and drama involved, however, John writes about a community of “144,000 virgins” that embodies Acts 4:33–37, thus including an implicit interpretation of the Acts pericope via 1 Enoch 12:4. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hermeneutics: Contextual Approaches to Biblical Interpretation)
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Inter-Weaving of Local and Global Discourses: History of Early Pentecostals in Kerala
by Jose Abraham and George Oommen
Religions 2023, 14(3), 312; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14030312 - 27 Feb 2023
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Even though the Pentecostal movement in Kerala, South India, is a unique expression of Global Christianity, it has not been given due recognition either in the history of Kerala Christianity or Global Pentecostalism. It was rooted in both local and global discourses of [...] Read more.
Even though the Pentecostal movement in Kerala, South India, is a unique expression of Global Christianity, it has not been given due recognition either in the history of Kerala Christianity or Global Pentecostalism. It was rooted in both local and global discourses of the early 20th century. So, in order to understand the origin and early history of the Pentecostal movement, we need to delve deep into the history of socio-religious reform movements, which were enthusiastically embraced by Dalits, women, and other marginalized sections of Kerala. Unique features of Kerala Pentecostalism were shaped by various revival and reform movements among Christians in Kerala. With the arrival of American missionaries associated with the Azusa Street revival, the homegrown brand of Kerala Pentecostalism engaged in the global discourse on Pentecostalism. It equipped Pentecostals with the language and interpretations to make a break with the past and carve out a new identity for themselves. The usual method of approaching it as an extension of global Pentecostalism will not help us to understand how Pentecostals in Kerala creatively engaged in local and global discourses at the turn of the 20th century. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue World Christianity in History and in Culture)
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