Divine healing, the formative years, 1830-1890 : theological roots in the transatlantic world / James Robinson ; with a foreword by William K. Kay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, James, 1935- author.

Contributor:

Kay, William K., writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pentecostalism.

Pentecostalism--Europe--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, 2011.

Language Note:

English

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.

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:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781621895862

1621895866