Brill's Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism Online
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Subject: Religious Studies
Executive Editor: Michael Wilkinson
Associate Editors: Connie Au, Jörg Haustein, Todd M. Johnson
Brill’s Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism Online (BEGP) provides a comprehensive overview of worldwide Pentecostalism from a range of disciplinary perspectives. It offers analysis at the level of specific countries and regions, historical figures, movements and organizations, and particular topics and themes. Pentecostal Studies draws upon areas of research such as anthropology, biblical studies, economics, gender studies, global studies, history, political science, sociology, theological studies, and other areas of related interest. The BEGP emphasizes this multi-disciplinary approach and includes scholarship from a range of disciplines, methods, and theoretical perspectives. Moreover, the BEGP is cross-cultural and transnational, including contributors from around the world to represent key insights on Pentecostalism from a range of countries and regions.
Providing summaries of the key literature, the BEGP will be the standard reference for Pentecostal Studies. All articles are fully text searchable and cross-referenced, with bibliographic information on scholarly work and recommendations for further reading.
For more information: see Brill.com
Associate Editors: Connie Au, Jörg Haustein, Todd M. Johnson
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Brill’s Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism Online (BEGP) provides a comprehensive overview of worldwide Pentecostalism from a range of disciplinary perspectives. It offers analysis at the level of specific countries and regions, historical figures, movements and organizations, and particular topics and themes. Pentecostal Studies draws upon areas of research such as anthropology, biblical studies, economics, gender studies, global studies, history, political science, sociology, theological studies, and other areas of related interest. The BEGP emphasizes this multi-disciplinary approach and includes scholarship from a range of disciplines, methods, and theoretical perspectives. Moreover, the BEGP is cross-cultural and transnational, including contributors from around the world to represent key insights on Pentecostalism from a range of countries and regions.
Providing summaries of the key literature, the BEGP will be the standard reference for Pentecostal Studies. All articles are fully text searchable and cross-referenced, with bibliographic information on scholarly work and recommendations for further reading.
For more information: see Brill.com
Roberts, Oral
(1,254 words)
Oral Roberts (1918–2009) was a preacher, revivalist, healer, radio and television evangelist, and university founder. He is one of the most consequential figures in the development of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity. His story is emblematic of changes that occurred from the 1930s to the early 2000s. Roberts was part of a post-World War II generation of American Christians that no longer wanted to perpetuate the small, sectarian congregations they had been raised in. Through accommodating hi…
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2021-07-16
Roman Catholic-Pentecostal Dialogue
(1,210 words)
The international dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and representatives of Pentecostal churches has taken place through usually annual meetings, in which theological and ecclesial representatives from the two traditions conduct focused discussions on topics of mutual faith as well as differences, producing final summative reports at the end of each dialogue phase. The dialogue began in 1969 through the partnership of the Pentecostal ecumenist David du Plessis and Fr. Kilian McDonnell, O…
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2021-07-16
Romania
(1,149 words)
Pentecostalism in Romania is a dynamically growing religious movement. The first community of the movement was founded in Păuliş (Arad county) with a handful of members in 1922 by a returnee Romanian who converted in America. During the past century Pentecostalism has developed into a home-grown movement within Romania with significant international connections.The most recent population census (2011) registered 367,938 Pentecostals in the country. Today Pentecostals make up about 2 percent of the total population of Romania. The church is legall…
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2021-07-16
Ruibal, Julio Cesar
(595 words)
Julio Cesar Ruibal, named the “Apostle of the Andes,” was a prominent Pentecostal preacher, evangelist, and founder of Ekklesia, the largest Pentecostal denomination in Bolivia
. Ruibal was born on 15 May 1953 in Sucre Bolivia to a Catholic family, although he lived in La Paz for most of his childhood. Since a young age, he had an affinity for spirituality that led him to experiment with different new age practices and to abandon his Catholic upbringing. In 1969, Ruibal immigrated to the United States at the age of 16 t…
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2021-07-16
Russia
(571 words)
Russia’s huge territory embraced Christianity more than 1,000 years ago. Russian Orthodoxy is known for a beautiful sung liturgy and a theology that identifies the will of God with the will of the Czar, the anointed ruler. Consequently the Orthodox Church supported the Czarist government so that when, in 1917, a political revolution occurred the Church was persecuted by the atheistic Bolsheviks who seized power. However, at first smaller churches, like the Baptists, were spared since it was thought their growth would undermine Orthodoxy.Ivan Voronaev, born in central Russia in…
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2021-07-16