Charismatic Christianity in Finland, Norway, and Sweden : : Case Studies in Historical and Contemporary Developments.

• Superior document: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities Series
• Author: Moberg, Jessica.
• TeilnehmendeR: Skjoldli, Jane.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Definitions and Terminology -- The Nordic Backdrop -- The Beginnings -- Post-World War II Nordic Contexts -- Late Modern Developments -- Contemporary Numbers -- This Book -- The Contributions to This Volume -- References -- Part 1: Historical Perspectives on the Early Pentecostal Movement -- Chapter 2: Paving the Way for Pentecostalism: A Historical Exploration of Post-Reformation Revivals in Norway -- The Monarch's Religious Power: The Protestant Reformation -- Popular Pietism: Hauge and Norwegian Mainstream Religion -- The Dismantling of Religious Monopoly and the Rise of the Inner Mission -- Migrants and Missionaries -- Missionaries to Norway and a Discussion of Labels -- The First Wave: Methodists and Baptists -- The Second Wave: Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses -- The Third Wave: Pentecostals -- Thomas Ball Barratt -- Recruits, Community, and American Dreams -- Concluding Remarks and Later Developments -- References -- Chapter 3: The Norwegian Pentecostal Foreign Mission: A Survey of Mission History with an Emphasis on Organization, Expansion, and Gender -- Win the World1 -- The Initial Phase -- The Norwegian Mission Context -- Tension Between Spiritual Idealism and Practical Circumstances -- The Pioneers -- A Controversial Issue: How to Organize the Mission -- Development of a Lasting Organizational Structure -- Summary of the Missionary Expansion -- The Evidence of Faith World Evangelism -- A Woman-Dominated Mission? -- Final Comments -- References -- Part 2: Internal Dynamics -- Chapter 4: In the Wake of God's Fire: Transforming Charisma and Charismata in the Reconstruction of a Local Church -- Making Sense of Charisma -- Prophecy: A Double-edged Sword -- Transforming Foundations of Authority.

Falling in the Spirit and the Problem of Authenticity -- Gifts of Grace and Words of Knowledge -- Frequency of Gifts and Manifestations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: The Finnish Pentecostal Movement: An Analysis of Internal Struggle as a Process of Habitual Division -- Movement Transformation -- Pentecostal Identity as Habitus -- Habitual Transformation -- The Finnish Pentecostal Movement Up to the 1970s -- Diversification of the Pentecostal Movement: The 1980s Onward -- Contemporary Disputes -- Two Different Habituses -- Key Characteristics of the Habituses -- A Struggle for the Future of Finnish Pentecostalism -- Conclusions -- References -- Ethnographic Material -- Chapter 6: Knutby Filadelfia: A Schismatic New Religious Movement Within the Pentecostal Context -- History and Development -- Leadership and Authority -- Beliefs -- Lifestyle -- The Boundaries of the Pentecostal Movement -- Tradition Versus Novelty, Schisms, and "Sects" -- The Crimes in Knutby Filadelfia According to a Lifeworld Perspective -- Conclusion -- References -- Interviews and Informal Conversations -- Part 3: Novelties and Contemporary Innovation -- Chapter 7: Faith Healing Revisited: A Charismatic Christian Intervention to the Therapy Culture in Finland -- The Christian Scene in Contemporary Finland -- Psychologized Discourse and Therapy Culture -- The Global and Local Healing Rooms -- Material -- The Individualized Prayer Service: Setting -- The Individualized Prayer Service: Encountering a Client -- Faith Healing Revisited: Holistic Treatment -- Controversial Border-crossings -- An Intervention in Post-secular Therapy Culture -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Sharing and Holy Hugs: The Birth and Development of Intimization in Charismatic Stockholm -- Modernity, Intimacy, and Mobility -- Intimization in Sweden -- An Overview of Stockholm County.

Local Charismatic Organizations -- Patterns of Growth and Decline -- The Membership -- Intimization: Origins and Distribution in the Field -- Furnishings as Facilitation of Small-Scale Communication -- Socializing in New and Cozy Locations -- Hugging the Faithful -- Mini-communities Within Congregations -- Interacting in and Revealing the Private Sphere -- Prayer Requests as Sharing -- Limits to Disclosure -- Ritualized Intimacy and the Fear of Eroticization -- Meeting Jesus and Restoring Natural Community -- Disclosure, Healing, and Conversion -- A Movement born of a Mobile Doctor Phil Generation -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Televangelism in Sweden-Now? Is Channel 10 in Älmhult in Fact a Telechurch? -- Pentecostalism in Sweden -- The Situation of Swedish Radio and Television -- The Pentecostal Use of Media: The Swedish Background -- Televangelism: A General Background -- The Purpose of Channel 10 -- Financing Channel 10 -- Audiences of Channel 10 -- The Effects of Televangelism -- Is Nostalgia the Key to Channel 10's Success? -- References -- Ethnographic Material -- Chapter 10: Postscript: Embers from a Global Fire -- Nordic Particularities -- Nordic Issues in a Global Light -- Future Research Prospects -- Index.