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.