Divine healing : the Holiness-Pentecostal transition years, 1890-1906 : theological transposition in the transatlantic world / James Robinson ; with a foreward by Candy Gunther Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, James, 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Healing--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Healing.

Holiness churches--History--19th century.

Holiness churches.

Pentecostalism--History--19th century.

Pentecostalism.

Holiness movement.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 222 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, [2013]

Summary:

In the present volume, James Robinson shows how the Holiness movement contributed to the rise of Pentecostalism, with emphasis on those sectors that practiced divine healing. Although other scholars have undertaken to explore this story, Robinson's treatment is by far the most thorough examination to date. He draws productively on the burgeoning secondary literatures on Pentecostalism and healing, and brings to light frequently overlooked, yet revealing primary sources. The events narrated are fascinating in their own right, and are important to the histories of Pentecostalism and healing for how they clarify the processes by which divine healing was pursued, debated, and often disparaged. The text also contributes to larger medical and social histories, offering tantalizing glimpses of the roots of some of today's most popular arid contested medical and religious responses to sickness and health. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Holiness-Pentecostal transition in America

The Reformed-Pentecostal transition in America

The global legacy of Zion

The feminine contribution

The Holiness-Pentecostal transition in Britain

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.

ISBN:

1620324083

9781620324080

OCLC:

837953148

Publisher Number:

99960165800