Pentecostal Glossolalia toward a Functional Interpretation

Theories which explain glossolalia as indicative of psychological pathology, suggestibility, or hypnosis, or as a result of social disorganization and deprivation are reviewed and found inadequate to explain recent data on the Pentecostal movement. Concepts of glossolalia as learned behavior and as...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal for the scientific study of religion
1. VerfasserIn: Hine, Virginia H. 1920- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell [1969]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Jahr: 1969, Band: 8, Heft: 2, Seiten: 211-226
weitere Schlagwörter:B Baptism
B Control groups
B Pathology
B Pentecostalism
B Suggestibility
B Churches
B Glossolalia
B Cognition
B Social Psychology
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Zusammenfassung:Theories which explain glossolalia as indicative of psychological pathology, suggestibility, or hypnosis, or as a result of social disorganization and deprivation are reviewed and found inadequate to explain recent data on the Pentecostal movement. Concepts of glossolalia as learned behavior and as part of a process of personality reorganization are found more useful. Data are presented to support a functional interpretation of glossolalia as one component in the process of commitment to a movement with important implications for both personal and social change.
ISSN:1468-5906
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1384335