Catch the Fire

Michael Wilkinson, Peter Althouse

Description

A recent phenomenon of charismatic renewal took place in Toronto in the mid-1990s. Commonly known as the "Toronto Blessing" and operated by the former Vineyard Church leaders John and Carol Arnott, the renewal was defined by reports of uncontrollable laughter, weeping, speaking in tongues, animal noises, and falling on the floor during worship. Sympathetic Christians embraced these practices while others who believed that this form of worship boarded on spectacle rejected them. By the end of the 1990s most people thought that the renewal was over. Yet, in the first decade of the twenty-first century, the authors-a sociologist and a theologian-heard rumors that the Toronto church, now known as "Catch the Fire," was still holding mass meetings with upwards of 2,000 people in attendance. They also learned of an emerging practice of "soaking prayer," an adaption of Pentecostal-charismatic prayer that, participants and leaders claim, facilitates and expands the reception of divine love in order to give it away in acts of forgiveness, reconciliation, compassion, and benevolence. Soaking, the authors reveal, is a metaphor for practices like resting in the Spirit, prayer for spiritual gifts, healing, prophecy, impartation, and supports overall charismatic spirituality. Attending "Catch the Fire" conferences, churches, and house meetings in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, Wilkinson and Althouse observed first-hand how people soak, what it means to soak, and why soaking is considered an important practice among charismatics.

Sujets

• Christianity
• Pentecostalism
• Prayer in Christianity
• Philosophie et théologie

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mars 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501751271
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

C A T C H T H E F I R E

Catch the Fire S O A K I N G P R A Y E R A N D C H A R I S M A T I C R E N E W A L

M I C H A E L W I L K I N S O N A N D P E T E R A L T H O U S E

NïU Press /DeKab, ïL

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Lîbrary o Congress Caaogîng-în-Pubîcaîon Daa Wîkînson, Mîcae, 1965– Cac e Ire : soakîng prayer and carîsmaîc renewa / Mîcae Wîkînson and Peer Aouse.  pages cm ïncudes bîbîograpîca reerences and îndex. ïSBN 978-0-87580-705-8 (pbk.) — ïSBN 978-1-60909-156-9 (e-book)  1. Prayer—Penecosa curces. ï. Tîe.  BV227.W55 2014  248.2’9—dc23  2013041738

Contents

Acknowedgmens vîî

ïnroducîon 3

O N E 22—Carîsmaîc Renewa

T W O —Prayer and Aruîsm 45

T H R E E 70—Rîuas o Renewa

F O U R —Embodîed Love 93

F I V E —Aposoîc Auorîy and Gender 113 S I X 137—Advancîng e Kîngdom o Love Concusîon 159

Appendîces 165 Noes 173 Bîbîograpy 183 ïndex 199

Acknowledgments

hîs researc was made possîbe by a generous gran rom e Fame o Love Projec a e Unîversîy o Akron and e Jon Tem- peon Foundaîon. ïn 2008 we (e auors) me a a resauran în e wes end o Torono and made pans o appy or unds and con- duc researc on e carîsmaîc renewa a was emanaîng ou o Torono and begînnîng o expand gobay. We ad eard rumors a carîsmaîc penomena were sî appenîng despîe commens re- gardîng eîr apparen demîse and waned o see wa was goîng on. We submîed a proposa and evenuay receîved undîng or “Car- îsmaîc Renewa as Mîssîon: Gody Love and e Torono Aîrpor Crîsîan Feowsîp’s Soakîng Ceners.” he projec was one o Ive sub-awards unded roug e Fame o Love a soug o ook a e reaîonsîp beween reîgîous caîms o experîencîng dîvîne ove and e poenîa benevoence a resued rom ese experîences. Margare Pooma, Maew Lee, and Sepen Pos provîded ead- ersîp or e Fame o Love Projec. We were aso par o e ïnsîue Core Researc Group (ïCRG), wîc provîded a venue or îvey dîs- cussîons over researc Indîngs. hanks o Craîg Boyd, Juîe Exîne, Jon Green, Rap Hood Jr., A. G. Mîer, homas J. Oord, e ae Cark Pînnock, Arene Sancez Was, Amos Yong, Candy Guner Brown, Mîcae McCymond, Donad E. Mîer, Rîcard Fory, Kîm- bery Aexander, Mark Caredge, Pau Aexander, and Rober Wes or ougu commens and suggesîons on our work, as we as Margare, Ma, and Sepen or eîr înpu and advîce. We ope our suggesîons or e researc o oer parîcîpans were equay ep- u. We aso beneIed rom a wo-day semînar wî Kay Carmaz on Grounded heory eary în our Iedwork and încorporaed some o ese însîgs îno our researc. One o e venues or exporîng our researc goas was e Semînar on Gody Love a Cavîn Coege. We enjoyed many ruîu conversaîons wî parîcîpans o e ïCRG

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wo aended, as we as oers în aendance, încudîng Jîm Zanîser, Tîm Brown, Pîîp Jamîeson, Mark Nîckoas, and Jong Hyun Jung. Frank Maccîa, Wayne Jacobsen, and Roger Heuser joîned us as we a dîferen sages în e semînars. Presenîng our researc a Van- guard Coege, Cosa Mesa, a e Grea Commandmen Semînar: heoogy and Scîence în Dîaogue în 2010 gave us e opporunîy o reIne our vîews. We aso presened our Indîngs a e annua mee- îngs o e Socîey or Penecosa Sudîes, e Assocîaîon or e Socîoogy o Reîgîon, e Socîey or e ScîenîIc Sudy o Reîgîon, e Canadîan Socîey or e Sudy o Reîgîon, and e ïnernaîona Socîey or e Socîoogy o Reîgîon. Seve Sudebaker învîed us o dîscuss our researc a McMaser Dîvînîy Coege, McMaser Unî- versîy, and e parîcîpans ofered us vauabe commens. Specîa anks o our researc and eacîng assîsans Eseban Feîx, Nîcoas Tedescî, Vîncen Veac, and Danîee Tempe, wo Ied în or us wen we were away, perormed admînîsraîve asks, and eped us în a sors o ways. We wan o say a specîa ank-you o our amîîes, wo suppored us în our rave scedues wen we were away on our many researc rîps or speakîng a conerences. Fî- nay, îs was a coaboraîve projec made muc easîer by our good rîendsîp and many oug-provokîng conversaîons over e pas Ive years o researc and wrîîng.

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