Rites in the Spirit: A Ritual Approach to Pentecostal/Charismatic SpiritualityRites in the Spirit is a book about spirituality, ritual, and Pentecostal experience. The volume presents a careful and innovative study of Pentecostal practices and experiences. Focusing on the very important, but often intriguing worship rites that express the spirituality of Pentecostals, Albrecht discovers that these Pentecostal/charismatic rites and their attending sensibilities also function to shape, nurture, authenticate and even transform the spiritual lives of these Christians. Rites in the Spirit seeks to guide Pentecostals, and the charismatically-inclined, toward self-interpretation and a more nuanced conception of, and a deeper appreciation for, their Pentecostal experience. The volume also aims to make a sometimes exotic spirituality more accessible and understandable to those who have had limited contact with Pentecostal/charismatic forms and expressions. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Acknowledgments | 18 |
Chapter 1 | 26 |
Chapter 2 | 71 |
Chapter 3 | 121 |
Chapter 4 | 150 |
Chapter 5 | 177 |
Chapter 6 | 196 |
Chapter 7 | 217 |
Appendices | 252 |
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Common terms and phrases
Aimee Aimee Semple McPherson altar call altar space altar/response Angelus Temple Assemblies Assemblies of God Azusa Street Azusa Street Revival believe Blumhofer Chapter Charismatic Movement Charismatic renewal charismatic rites charisms Christian classical Pentecostal congregation costal culture denomination dimension divine DPCM dynamic emerged Evangelical example experience expressions faith community forms Foursquare Church function gifts glossolalia God's Gospel Grimes healing rites Holy Spirit idem John Wimber leaders leadership liminal liturgy McPherson microrites minister ministry mission modes of sensibility orientation participation pastoral message Pent/Char ritual Pent/Char spirituality Pente Pentecostal movement Pentecostal rites Pentecostal ritual Pentecostal service Pentecostal spirituality Pentecostal worship practices pray prayer preaching programs recognized religious ritual field ritual process ritual sensibility ritualists role sanctuary Sea City churches signs and wonders social speech acts Spirit baptism structure symbols tecostal theological three churches tion tongues tradition understanding Victor Turner Vineyard VVCF worship and praise worship service