2020/12/10 by Stanley John · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Religion, Society, and Development #Social and Economic Development in India #Christian Theology and Mission #Charisma #Christianity #Diaspora #Context (archaeology) #Movement (music) #Sociology #History #Aesthetics #Political science #Gender studies #Art #Law #Archaeology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1163/9789004444867_014
openalex publication_date 2020/12/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06
Pentecostalism has experienced stupendous growth globally in the twentieth century and new churches and movements of ‘pentecostal’ or ‘charismatic’ nature continue to emerge within World Christianity in the twenty-first century. This chapter grapples with the question of how to understand these new movements in light of global Pentecostalism and local histories. It explores what may be appropriate terminologies and conceptual frameworks that can best capture the complexity and uniqueness and situate these new movements in context with other movements globally. Focusing on the case of ‘New Generation’ churches from Kerala, India, and its diaspora, this chapter cautions us from creating an assumption of normativity of Pentecostalism’s origin and features, instead inclining our ears to understand contemporary movements within local contexts shaped by the movements and denominations to which they are responding and reacting.