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Divine healing, the formative years, 1830-1890 : theological roots in the transatlantic world / James Robinson ; with a foreword by William K. Kay.
Van Pelt Library BR1644.5.E5 R63 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robinson, James, 1935-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pentecostalism--Europe--History--19th century.
- Pentecostalism.
- Spiritual healing--Europe--History of doctrines--19th century.
- Spiritual healing.
- History.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 311 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, [2011]
- Summary:
- Divine healing is commonly practiced today throughout Christendom and plays a significant part in the advance of Christianity in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Such wide acceptance of the doctrine within Protestantism did not come without hesitation or controversy. The prevailing view saw suffering as a divine chastening designed for growth in personal holiness, and something to be faced with submission and endurance. It was not until the nineteenth century that this understanding began to be seriously questioned. This book details those individuals and movements that proved radical enough in their theology and practice to play a part in overturning mainstream opinion on suffering.
- James Robinson opens up a treasury of largely unknown or forgotten material that extends our understanding of Victorian Christianity and the precursors to the Pentecostal revival that helped shape Christianity in the twentieth century. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The healing ministry with Irvingism
- The European Pietist roots
- excursus: Appraisal of the Kampf in the light of modern knowledge
- Medicine and holiness in the nineteenth century
- The early Methodist contribution
- Early Reformed contribution
- The higher life contribution
- The 1880s : the healing decade in Britain
- The international conference and its aftermath
- Challenges faced in Britain.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-305) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1610971051
- 9781610971058
- OCLC:
- 723451099
- Publisher Number:
- 99943843800
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