The Ethnography of a Dutch Pentecostal Church [electronic resource] : Vineyard Utrecht and the International Charismatic Movement

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Versteeg, Peter G. A.

Series:

Studies in religion and society The ethnography of a Dutch pentecostal church

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experience (Religion).

Pentecostal churches--Netherlands.

Vineyard Utrecht.

Pentecostal churches.

Local Subjects:

Experience (Religion).

Pentecostal churches--Netherlands.

Vineyard Utrecht.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This anthropological study investigates the role of religious experiences in the growth of Pentecostal churches through a case study of a Dutch charismatic church. Included is an ethnographic analysis of the congregation, as well as a detailed description of the history, and development of the Vineyard community.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Ethnography of a Dutch Pentecostal Church; Contents; INTRODUCTION; CHARISMATIC CHRISTIANITY; BEING IN THE VINEYARD; Fieldwork practices; Field and reflexivity; Outline of the book; Translation and terminology; CHAPTER 1: EXPERIENCE; 1.1 A THEORY AND METHOD OF EXPERIENCE; 1.2 EXPERIENCE AND THE POST-TRADITIONAL SITUATION; 1.3. SHAPES OF EXPERIENCE; A religion without 'religion'?; Word, body and music as performative codes; Experience and meaning; chapter 2: The Vineyard Movement; 2.1 HISTORY; John Wimber; Experiences of power; Movement and expansion

Vineyard theologyWhere are they going?; 2.2 VINEYARD IN THE NETHERLANDS; The Immanuël church; A new start; 2.3 VINEYARD UTRECHT; Leadership and empowerment; Vineyard Utrecht teams; Profile of church members; Chapter 3: The heart of God; 3.1. RECEIVING AND GIVING; God's presence; God in weakness; 3.2 PRACTICING INTIMACY; Devotional practice; Modeling intimacy with God; 'The only system is that there is no system'; 3.3 LIFESTYLE; Tithing and offering; Compassion and the Kingdom; 3.4 CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 4: PROPHETIC EXPERIENCES; 4.1 PROPHETIC BASICS; 4.2 THE BIBLE AND PROPHECY

Hermeneutics4.3 PROPHETIC SPEECH; Encouragements; Prophetic transformations; Glossolalia; 4.4 PROPHETIC REALITY; A prophetic afternoon; Moving in the prophetic; 4.5 CONCLUSION; Chapter 5: worship music; 5.1. VINEYARD WORSHIP; Worship as the highest priority; Worship: style and genre; Making worship; 5.2. TIME OF WORSHIP; Experience and time; 5.3. WORSHIP SONGS; Representations of intimacy; Songs and meaning; 5.4 WORSHIP AS MUSIC; Music and power; The prophetic in music; 5.5 CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 6: BODY AND EXPERIENCE; 6.1 THE WOMAN AT THE WELL; 6.2 THE INEVITABLE BODY

6.3 CORPOREAL ACTIONDramatic worship; Body ministry; 6.4 TIDES OF THE SPIRIT; God is God; In the river; 6.5 CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 7: RELEASE; Experience and 'religion'; Experience revisited; What it is; APPENDIX 1; BIBLIOGRAPHY; AUDIO; INDEX

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7734-2090-8

OCLC:

781764772