The new Canadian Pentecostals / Adam Stewart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, Adam Scott, author.

Series:

Editions SR ; 37.

Editions SR ; 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pentecostalism--Canada.

Pentecostalism.

Pentecostal churches--Canada.

Pentecostal churches.

Pentecostalism--Ontario--Waterloo (Regional municipality).

Pentecostal churches--Ontario--Waterloo (Regional municipality).

Canada.

Ontario--Waterloo (Regional municipality).

Physical Description:

xii, 195 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2015]

Summary:

The New Canadian Pentecostals takes readers into the everyday religious lives of members of three Pentecostal congregations located in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Using the rich qualitative and quantitative data gathered through participant observation, personal interviews, and surveys conducted within these congregations, Adam Stewart provides the first book-length study to focus on the characteristics of Canadian Pentecostal identity, belief, and practice. Stewart asserts that Pentecostalism remains an important tradition in the Canadian religious landscape-contrary to the assumptions of many Canadian sociologists and scholars of religion. Recent decreases in Canadian Pentecostal affiliation recorded by Statistics Canada are not the result of Pentecostals abandoning their congregations; rather, they are indicative of a radical transformation from traditionally Pentecostal to generically evangelical modes of religious identity, belief, and practice that are changing the ways that Pentecostals understand and explain their religious identities. The case study presented in this book suggests that a new breed of Canadian Pentecostals is emerging for whom traditional definitions and expressions of Pentecostalism are less important than religious autonomy and individualism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

The Canadian Decline of the World's Fastest-Growing Religion 1

The Transformation of Pentecostalism in Canada 6

Methodology 11

Outline of the Chapters 19

Chapter 2 The Pentecostal Tradition 21

Defining Pentecostalism 21

Pentecostal Beginnings 23

Traditional Canadian Pentecostal Identity, Belief, and Practice 30

Conclusion 41

Chapter 3 The Churches and Their Pastors 43

Freedom in Christ 43

Elmira Pentecostal Assembly 50

Elevation 59

Conclusion 74

Chapter 4 Generically Evangelical Religious Identity 77

Generic Evangelicalism 79

Traditional Denominational Identifiers 86

Latent Denominational Identifiers 89

Non-denominational Identifiers 99

Conclusion 107

Chapter 5 Spirit Baptism and Speaking in Tongues 109

Ignorance and Confusion regarding Spirit Baptism 110

Spirit Baptism and the Question of Subsequence 114

Speaking in Tongues as Evidence of Spirit Baptism 118

The Purpose of Spirit Baptism 125

Conclusion 135

Chapter 6 Healing, Miracles, and Other Supernatural Phenomena 137

Divine Healing 139

Miracles 148

Angels, Demons, and Exorcism 154

Conclusion 163

Chapter 7 Conclusion 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Stewart, Adam Scott, author. New Canadian Pentecostals.

ISBN:

9781771121408

1771121408

OCLC:

898533667