Towards a Typification of Motivations in Pentecostal Ecstasy
This article sketches out a typification of the motivations that lead Pentecostal Christians to seek experiences of religious ecstasy. To this end, it draws on the insights of interpretive sociology, particularly the construction of ideal types. To interpret the information, we draw on the categorie...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | Spanish |
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Equinox Publ.
[2019]
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In: |
PentecoStudies
Year: 2019, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 178-199 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pentecostal churches
/ Ecstasy
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RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KDG Free church KDH Christian sects NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit |
Further subjects: | B
Ecstasy
B Max Weber B Religious Experience B Pentecostalism B Mysticism B Trance B ideal types |
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Summary: | This article sketches out a typification of the motivations that lead Pentecostal Christians to seek experiences of religious ecstasy. To this end, it draws on the insights of interpretive sociology, particularly the construction of ideal types. To interpret the information, we draw on the categories set forward in Max Weber's sociology of religion. The article proposes four pure types of motivation for ecstatic experience: ecstasy as a method of producing a miracle; ecstasy as a method of confirming the Pentecostal path of salvation; ecstasy as a method of sanctification directed towards the earthly realm; and ecstasy as a means of sanctification that allows escape from the earthly realm. Normal 0 21 false false false ES-TRAD X-NONE X-NONE |
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ISSN: | 1871-7691 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: PentecoStudies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/pent.37166 |