Overview

Two phenomena profoundly changed the shape of Christendom in the twentieth century: the rise of secularism in Europe, and the rise of Pentecostalism elsewhere. This book investigates the impact of an emerging secular culture on the early Pentecostal movement, using previously unpublished data to build its case study on Denmark. The first Pentecostals were idealists who sought to influence the existing churches from within, but eventually this approach gave way to the more successful strategy of forming separate Pentecostal churches. The insights found herein apply to all religious minorities who seek to adapt to an inhospitable context.

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Author:   Nikolaj Christensen
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   42
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9789004509894

ISBN 10:   9004509895
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   18 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations 1 Introduction  1 Explaining Pentecostal Growth and Stagnation  2 The Unorganized State  3 A Note on Sources and Names 2 Origin  1 The Question of Deprivation  2 Historical Situation  3 A Perspective on Migration and Pentecostalism  4 Holiness Roots 3 Arrival  1 News from Kristiania  2 The Summer of 1907  3 A Local Pentecostal Movement Begins to Take Shape  4 Barratt’s Subsequent Visits  5 Summary: An Early Impasse 4 Struggle  1 A Case Study of Transformation  2 The Battle of Copenhagen  3 The Leadership Question and the Return of H.J. Mygind  4 The Colosseum Assembly  5 Women in Ministry  6 Visitors from Abroad  7 Analysis: The Wrong Sort of Secularization  7.1 Pluralism and Hegemony  7.2 Secular Responses to Pentecostalism 5 Spread  1 Zealand  1.1 Ventures in Interdenominational Pentecostalism  1.2 Seeds of Denominational Pentecostalism  2 Funen: Pentecostalism among Methodists  3 Jutland  4 Analysis: The Lack of Fertile Soil  4.1 Pentecostal Adaptation to a Lutheran Context  4.2 Problematic Antecedents 6 Crisis  1 Copenhagen  1.1 From Zinnsgade to Filadelfia  1.2 Interdenominational Rallying Points  2 The Controversy over Universalism  3 The Gospel Assembly  4 Critical Reactions to the Denominational Turn  5 Analysis: Freedom, Disorder, and Leadership 7 Institution  1 New Stability and Growth  2 Leadership Crisis  3 The 1921 Gospel Tent Campaign  4 Towards a National Denomination  5 The Beginnings of Apostolic Influence  6 The Danish Apostolic Church  7 The Remaining Pentecostals  8 Analysis: From Movement to Institution 8 Legacy  1 Foreign Mission and Pentecostal Beginnings  2 The First Pentecostal Missionaries Sent Out  3 China: The Irresistible Vision  4 Middle East: Back to the Roots  5 Argentina and Bolivia: Mission without Borders  6 From Sweden to Sri Lanka: Anna Lewini  7 Foreign Mission and Organization  8 Analysis: The Missionary Priority 9 Conclusions Appendix: Statistical Data Bibliography Index

Reviews

Nikolaj Christensen's historical and sociological account of Pentecostalism in Denmark in its early years is outstanding. It is both different from what is usually written and intriguing, which is one of the strengths of this study. - Allan H. Anderson, Emeritus Professor of Mission and Pentecostal Studies, University of Birmingham. The research work is original, historically solid, theoretically well-framed, in dialogue with the larger theoretical questions in Pentecostal studies currently ... and offers the first fine-grained study of history and the reasons of lack of success behind Pentecostalism in Denmark. - Jonas Adelin Jorgensen, Academic secretary, Council on International Relations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark.

Author Information

Nikolaj Christensen, Ph.D. (2017), University of Birmingham, is a priest in the Church of England and a scholar of Church History and Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity.

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