Pentecostalism

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Reimagining the Practice of Pentecostal Prophecy in Southern Africa: A Critical Engagement
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos August 14, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Mookgo S. Kgatle (University of South Africa)Published in: HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, Vol. 75, No. 4 (2019)DOI: 10.4102/hts.v75i4.5183 Abstract A critical engagement with the practice of prophecy in Southern African Pentecostalism, written from within the tradition rather than against it. Kgatle examines the commercialisation of prophetic ministry and the concentration of authority…
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Defining Elements and Challenges of a Pentecostal Hermeneutics of Experience
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos August 14, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Marius Nel (North-West University, South Africa)Published in: HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, Vol. 77, No. 2 (2021)DOI: 10.4102/hts.v77i2.6622 Abstract Nel examines how Pentecostals read Scripture through the lens of spiritual encounter. While Pentecostals hold a “high view” of the Bible in common with most conservative Protestants, their interpretive method distinctively expects the Spirit’s…
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Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies: Reading the Movement from Outside the North Atlantic
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos August 14, 2026October 15, 2026
The Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal published since 1998 by the faculty of the Asia Pacific Theological Seminary in Baguio City, in the Philippines. It appears twice each year, in February and August, and has now passed its twenty-eighth volume — making it one of the longest-running journals of its…
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The Consortium of Pentecostal Archives: Where the Movement Keeps Its Own Memory
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos August 14, 2026October 15, 2026
The Consortium of Pentecostal Archives is the largest freely accessible repository of primary Pentecostal sources in the world. Organized in 2011 as a collaborative effort among archives within the Pentecostal and Charismatic traditions, and relaunched with a rebuilt search platform in March 2023, it today offers close to 500,000 digitized pages drawn from more than…
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The Role of Experience in the Interpretation of Miracle Narratives in Lucan Literature
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Robert R. WadholmPublished in: 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies — Trinity Theological Seminary Abstract This paper explores the role of experience in interpreting miracle narratives in Luke-Acts, advocating for a holistic hermeneutic that takes seriously presuppositions, exegetical analysis, biblical-theological synthesis, and contemporary application of miraculous texts. Wadholm surveys rationalist critiques…
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Spirit Baptism as a Distinct Subsequent Experience: A Lukan Narrative Argument from Acts 8 and Acts 10
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026August 17, 2026
Author(s): Gene CoppagePublished in: Unpublished Manuscript (Submitted for peer review) Abstract This article argues that Luke’s narrative in Acts presents Spirit baptism as a sovereign, observable, and categorically distinct event from both initial conversion and water baptism. The primary evidence is drawn from Acts 8:4–17, where the Samaritan converts — already believing and water-baptized —…
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Spirit Hermeneutics — Reading Scripture in Light of Pentecost
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Arden C. AutryPublished in: Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology, Vol. 3, No. 1 (2018), pp. 127–129DOI: 10.31380/2573-6345.1064 Abstract A critical review of Craig S. Keener’s Spirit Hermeneutics: Reading Scripture in Light of Pentecost (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2016). Autry evaluates Keener’s proposal for a Spirit-informed hermeneutic that balances historical-grammatical exegesis with the lived experience of…
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What Has Wittenberg to Do with Azusa? Luther’s Theology of the Cross and Pentecostal Triumphalism
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Martin MittelstadtPublished in: Canadian Journal of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity, Vol. 6 (2015), pp. 76–92 Abstract A critical review of David J. Courey’s What Has Wittenberg to Do with Azusa? Luther’s Theology of the Cross and Pentecostal Triumphalism (T&T Clark, 2015). Mittelstadt evaluates Courey’s constructive theological dialogue between Lutheran theology of the cross and Pentecostal triumphalism…
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The Spirit of God in the Torah — A Pentecostal Exploration
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Lora Angeline E. TimeniaPublished in: Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology, Vol. 8, No. 1DOI: 10.31380/2573-6345.1299 Abstract A critical review of Steffen G. Schumacher’s The Spirit of God in the Torah: A Pentecostal Exploration (CPT Press, 2021). Timenia evaluates Schumacher’s Pentecostal pneumatological reading of the Old Testament Torah, assessing its contribution to Pentecostal biblical scholarship…
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Book Review: Blessed — A History of the American Prosperity Gospel
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Martin W. MittelstadtPublished in: Canadian Journal of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity, Vol. 5 (2014) Abstract A critical review of Kate Bowler’s Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel (Oxford University Press, 2014). Mittelstadt evaluates Bowler’s historical account of the origins, development, and cultural significance of the prosperity gospel movement within American Christianity, assessing its implications…
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