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Grasped by the Spirit: An Anthropological and Theological Understanding of an Existential Religious Experience

open access: yesReligions
Over the course of 2021, I conducted ethnographic research among transnational Pentecostal communities in Madrid. During this research, ethnographic data on manifestations of the Spirit was collected.
Marten van den Toren-Liefting
doaj   +1 more source

Meta: Religion and Its Study in a Time of Crisis

open access: yesReligion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 5, September/October 2026.
ABSTRACT The academic study of religion in the United States is in crisis as departments close and tenured faculty are terminated. Simultaneously, we are witnessing not only an unprecedented alliance between religion and politics at the federal level, but the turning of many non‐religion scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals to religion as ...
Valerie Stoker
wiley   +1 more source

Framing a futurist Pentecostal eschatology in the context of hope for the present life

open access: yesTheologia Viatorum
A literature review demonstrates that the futurist Pentecostal eschatology has been studied as an approach within Pentecostalism that emphasises a future-oriented expectation of God’s judgement and new life. The main aim of this article is to demonstrate
Mookgo S. Kgatle
doaj   +1 more source

Anti‐Protestantism in the Global Catholic Mission, c. 1918–1960*

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 141-146, June 2026.
This introduction is divided into three sections. First, it examines the existing historiography on Catholic anti‐Protestantism, arguing that, unlike anti‐Catholicism, anti‐Protestantism has not undergone a transnational turn. Second, it explores the new perspectives opened up by taking a global approach to Catholic anti‐Protestantism.
Sante Lesti
wiley   +1 more source

Pentecostal Spirituality

open access: yesScandinavian Journal for Leadership & Theology
This paper explores dimensions of Pentecostal spirituality, considering its individual, collective, and missional aspects and how they intersect with late systematic theologian Clark H. Pinnock’s theology of the Spirit and the church.
Øystein Udnes
doaj   +1 more source

An Exploration of Stages of Engagement and Pentecostal Social Theology [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology
The Pentecostal mission has always been labeled a mission for the number of people who believe in God. The Church Center is the main target, and social-cultural involvement is left alone.
Andreas Budi Setyobekti   +5 more
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Persistent Alarms Confronting New Priorities: Protestants in Africa in Italian and French Catholic Magazines (1945–1962)

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 175-195, June 2026.
Anti‐Protestantism was one of the reasons for the revival of missions during the interwar period. By the 1960s, however, Protestants were less and less often mentioned as a threat to missionary efforts, and the decline in inter‐confessional tensions was increasingly considered a relic of the past.
Giacomo Canepa
wiley   +1 more source

Megacostalism and the pandemic: Developing a megacostal theology of care beyond COVID-19

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia
Megacostalism is a concept developed here to refer to the growing trend of mega Pentecostal churches in Africa. The mega Pentecostal churches are popular in the United States of America with leading pastors such as T.D. Jakes, Creflo Dollar, Joel Osteen,
Mookgo S. Kgatle
doaj   +1 more source

Religion Affects Whether US Women Marry Early, Without Cohabiting or Having a Nonmarital Birth First

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 439-446, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In recent US cohorts, premarital sex is ubiquitous, and cohabitation typically precedes marriage. Yet many religions discourage premarital sex, which implies disapproval of cohabitation or premarital birth. Using a discrete‐time event history, we assess how religious denomination, frequency of religious service attendance, and a rich set of ...
Man Xu, Paula England
wiley   +1 more source

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