‘If I Could Just Touch the Hem of His Garment’: Mediation in Pentecostal Spirituality and Theology
Abstract This article proposes an ontology and praxis of mediation for the sake of ecumenical dialog, showing that the Pentecostal theological and spiritual tradition does not necessarily deny mediation or challenge its goodness, even if it does decry clericalism and ‘ecclesio-monism’. Instead, Pent...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Journal of pentecostal theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-29 |
IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KDG Free church NBC Doctrine of God NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
Further subjects: | B
Pentecostalism
B Metaphysics B Eucharist B Mediation B Orthodoxy B Sacraments |
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Summary: | Abstract This article proposes an ontology and praxis of mediation for the sake of ecumenical dialog, showing that the Pentecostal theological and spiritual tradition does not necessarily deny mediation or challenge its goodness, even if it does decry clericalism and ‘ecclesio-monism’. Instead, Pentecostals hold to confidence in the freedom of God to work however and whenever is best for us, always so that ‘the means of grace’ prove to be more than mere instruments or channels of divine power. |
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ISSN: | 1745-5251 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of pentecostal theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455251-30010001 |