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Posts Tagged ‘revivalism’

Andrew Hoffecker on Charles Hodge and Princeton Theological Seminary

To help celebrate Princeton Theological Seminary’s bicentennial, Prof. Andrew Hoffecker (Reformed Theological Seminary) joins us to talk about the life and times of Charles Hodge , a major figure in Presbyterian thought who helped influence the American evangelicalism. We trace his life from early childhood through his formative experience in Berlin and then discuss how Hodge viewed various controversies that beset the Presbyterian Church and the American nation in the first half of the 19th century.

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Matthew Sutton on Aimee Semple McPherson

Tags: Angelus Temple, Azusa Street Revival, Elmer Gantry, evolution, Foursquare Church, Fundamentalism, Harold McPherson, Pentecostalism, revivalism, Robert Semple, Salvation Army, Sarah Palin, Scopes trial, social welfare, Upton Sinclair, Walter Huston, William Jennings Bryan

Historian Matthew Sutton (Washington State University) details the life of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, covering the pageantry and personal tribulations of this charismatic preacher. Known as the founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, “Sister Aimee” led an inspirational, colorful, and sometimes contradictory life and became one of the most celebrated personalities of the 1920s and ’30s.

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Margaret Poloma on Pentecotalism, the Assemblies of God, and Godly Love

Tags: Assemblies of God, Azusa Street Revival, charisma, Church of God in Christ, glossolalia, Godly Love, Holiness Movement, Holy Rollers, Latter Rain, Oral Roberts, Pentecostalism, revivalism, speaking in tongues, The Great Commandment, Toronto Blessing, Youth with a Mission

Prof. Margaret Poloma shares her extensive research on Pentecostalism and the Assemblies of God. We examine the tension between the charisma needed to generate enthusiasm and growth in a new religious movement, what happens when those movements become institutionalized, and how Pentecostalism has been able to regenerate itself over the course of a century. Dr. Poloma discusses the crucial role of Godly Love in religious revivalism.

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Philip Jenkins on Global Christianity

Historian Philip Jenkins discusses the changing face of global Christianity. The conversation begins by looking at the global nature of Christianity throughout history and how it became conceived of as a European faith. Our attention then turns to how Christianity is expanding and changing in Africa, Asia and Latin America and what this means for religion in Europe and the United States.

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