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Church and war: a change in hermeneutical stance among Pentecostals
(AOSIS, 2017)
At its inception and for the first 40 years of its existence, Pentecostalism was a pacifist movement preaching non-violence and non-retaliation. At the end of the Second World War, the movement changed its stance, in many ...
John G. Lake as a fraud, con man and false prophet': critical assessment of a historical evaluation of Lake's ministry
(The Church History Society of Southern Africa Research Institute for Theology and Religion, University of South Africa, 2016)
This article assesses the evaluation of John G. Lake, one of the founders of South African Pentecostalism, by some historians regarded as a fraud, con man and false prophet in terms of several elements of his life: his ...
Rather Spirit-filled than learned! Pentecostalism's tradition of anti-intellectualism and Pentecostal theological scholarship
(AOSIS, 2016)
The beginnings and first half-century of South African Pentecostalism are characterised by a tradition of anti-intellectualism consisting of a rejection of theological training, a critical and negative attitude towards ...