Charismatic culture in St. John's, Newfoundland : a crossdenominational study of religious folklife in three groups
This is an ethnoscienitific study of three charismatic Christian prayer groups in St. John's, Newfoundland (Roman Catholic, Neopentecostal, and interdenominational), focusing upon the culture which provides the basis for their frequent interactions and sense of unity. It places the groups in di...
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ftmemorialuniv:oai:research.library.mun.ca:5498 2023-10-01T03:57:35+02:00 Charismatic culture in St. John's, Newfoundland : a crossdenominational study of religious folklife in three groups Cartwright, Christine A. (Christine Ann) 1983 application/pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/5498/ https://research.library.mun.ca/5498/1/Cartwright_ChristineA.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/5498/3/Cartwright_ChristineA.pdf en eng Memorial University of Newfoundland https://research.library.mun.ca/5498/1/Cartwright_ChristineA.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/5498/3/Cartwright_ChristineA.pdf Cartwright, Christine A. (Christine Ann) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cartwright=3AChristine_A=2E_=28Christine_Ann=29=3A=3A.html> (1983) Charismatic culture in St. John's, Newfoundland : a crossdenominational study of religious folklife in three groups. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland. thesis_license Thesis NonPeerReviewed 1983 ftmemorialuniv 2023-09-03T06:45:21Z This is an ethnoscienitific study of three charismatic Christian prayer groups in St. John's, Newfoundland (Roman Catholic, Neopentecostal, and interdenominational), focusing upon the culture which provides the basis for their frequent interactions and sense of unity. It places the groups in diachronic and synchronic context, discussing their development and relations to continental patterns of religious and cultural change, as well as to local religious traditions. Its ultimate purpose is to provide detailed ethnographic data toward the definition of charismatics as a religio-cultural group, usefully analysed across denominational and demographic classifications. -- The study focuses especially upon relations between belief, language, and experience in everyday life. Chapters focus upon the experiential nature of charismatic ritual; of conversion, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, and divine inspiration; the administration and reception of the nine charismata or spiritual gifts; religious thought in everyday life; and the symbolic system and its functions. Community discussions, analytic theorizing, and experimentation are shown to play crucial roles in the formation and revision of religious beliefs and customs and in the interpretation of mystical experiences. Dialectical thought, using experiences to interpret biblical metaphor and metaphor to interpret experiences, is also typical of local charismatics. Formal logic, biblical metaphor, sensory data, and community consensus are shown to form a coherent system through which customs and beliefs develop and change. -- Previous categorizations of Pentecostal and charismatic groups as forms of cathartic or compensatory religion, allied with Haitian Voudon, espiritismo, and shamanistic systems, are challenged on the basis of the St. John’s data. It is argued that these categorizations have largely ignored the structure and phenomenology of native thought, and that glossolalia, spirit possession, trance, and ecstasy are etic concepts, not necessarily indicative of ... Thesis Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Research Repository |
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This is an ethnoscienitific study of three charismatic Christian prayer groups in St. John's, Newfoundland (Roman Catholic, Neopentecostal, and interdenominational), focusing upon the culture which provides the basis for their frequent interactions and sense of unity. It places the groups in diachronic and synchronic context, discussing their development and relations to continental patterns of religious and cultural change, as well as to local religious traditions. Its ultimate purpose is to provide detailed ethnographic data toward the definition of charismatics as a religio-cultural group, usefully analysed across denominational and demographic classifications. -- The study focuses especially upon relations between belief, language, and experience in everyday life. Chapters focus upon the experiential nature of charismatic ritual; of conversion, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, and divine inspiration; the administration and reception of the nine charismata or spiritual gifts; religious thought in everyday life; and the symbolic system and its functions. Community discussions, analytic theorizing, and experimentation are shown to play crucial roles in the formation and revision of religious beliefs and customs and in the interpretation of mystical experiences. Dialectical thought, using experiences to interpret biblical metaphor and metaphor to interpret experiences, is also typical of local charismatics. Formal logic, biblical metaphor, sensory data, and community consensus are shown to form a coherent system through which customs and beliefs develop and change. -- Previous categorizations of Pentecostal and charismatic groups as forms of cathartic or compensatory religion, allied with Haitian Voudon, espiritismo, and shamanistic systems, are challenged on the basis of the St. John’s data. It is argued that these categorizations have largely ignored the structure and phenomenology of native thought, and that glossolalia, spirit possession, trance, and ecstasy are etic concepts, not necessarily indicative of ... |
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Charismatic culture in St. John's, Newfoundland : a crossdenominational study of religious folklife in three groups |
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Charismatic culture in St. John's, Newfoundland : a crossdenominational study of religious folklife in three groups |
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Charismatic culture in St. John's, Newfoundland : a crossdenominational study of religious folklife in three groups |
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Memorial University of Newfoundland |
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https://research.library.mun.ca/5498/1/Cartwright_ChristineA.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/5498/3/Cartwright_ChristineA.pdf Cartwright, Christine A. (Christine Ann) <https://research.library.mun.ca/view/creator_az/Cartwright=3AChristine_A=2E_=28Christine_Ann=29=3A=3A.html> (1983) Charismatic culture in St. John's, Newfoundland : a crossdenominational study of religious folklife in three groups. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland. |
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