Negotiating Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism: Global Entanglements, Identity Politics and the Future of Pentecostal Studies

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PentecoStudies-An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements Pub Date : 2019-04-17 DOI:10.1558/PENT.38778

G. Maltese, Judith C. Bachmann, K. Rakow

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Abstract

Pentecostal studies seems to be caught in a deadlock with regard to its subject matter of research. Most definitions of Pentecostalism appear either too broad or too narrow compared with the inclusive sense in which "Pentecostalism" is used in academia. Scholars admit that Pentecostal is a "fuzzy category", but still, they opt for a combination of essentialist definitions, rarely investigating whether their empirical data could open up fresh perspectives on how to conceptualize the subject matter of Pentecostal studies. Others postulate a "Pentecostalization" of Christianity and/or tend to dissolve Pentecostal studies into the study of Evangelicalism and/or Catholicism for other reasons. Still others prefer to speak of Pentecostalisms in the plural or seem to have given up on finding a consensus. The introduction to this special issue proposes an alternative approach. Drawing on Michael Bergunder's work, it suggests to conceptualize Pentecostalism as a name that keeps together various equivalential chains. As the articles collected in this special issues show, this means to investigate the meaning "Pentecostalism" assumes in specific research contexts as product of local identity politics and analyse its entanglement in a global discourse about "Pentecostalism".

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谈判福音派和五旬节派:全球纠缠，身份政治和五旬节派研究的未来

五旬节派的研究似乎在其研究主题方面陷入了僵局。与学术界使用的“五旬节派”的包容性意义相比，大多数五旬节派的定义要么太宽，要么太窄。学者们承认五旬节派是一个“模糊的范畴”，但他们仍然选择了本质主义定义的组合，很少调查他们的经验数据是否可以为如何概念化五旬节派研究的主题开辟新的视角。其他人则假设基督教的“五旬节化”和/或出于其他原因，倾向于将五旬节派研究分解为福音派和/或天主教的研究。还有一些人更喜欢用复数来谈论五旬节派，或者似乎已经放弃了寻找共识。本期特刊的导言提出了另一种方法。借鉴Michael Bergunder的工作，它建议将五旬节派概念化为一个将各种等价链结合在一起的名称。正如本期特刊中收集的文章所示，这意味着要调查“五旬节派”在特定研究背景下作为地方身份政治产物的意义，并分析其在关于“五旬节派”的全球话语中的纠缠。

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期刊介绍： PentecoStudies offers a distinctly interdisciplinary forum for the study of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. Authors from the social sciences, the humanities, cultural studies, religious studies and theology are all welcome to submit research on global expressions of Pentecostalism defined in its broadest sense. The journal invites work that attends to historical, contemporary and regional studies. In particular, it is interested in the global expansion of Pentecostalism, its mutations and impact on society, culture and the media, including its influence on traditional non-Pentecostal churches. Comparative research is encouraged, especially if it is based on different regional studies and contributes to our understanding of globalization and the role of Pentecostalism in post-colonial contexts. Attention to the lived experience of religion is important and studies that include empirical research are welcome, as well as theoretical studies. Theological contributions that assist our understanding of the beliefs and practices of Pentecostal Christians are essential and these are best placed if they engage in a dialogue with the broader traditions of philiosophy and theology, especially ecumenical dialogue. Finally, in this age of many faiths, it is important that the impact of Pentecostalism on other religious traditions is researched and vice versa. Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity ("Pentecostalisms") cannot be fully appreciated in isolation but must be understood in all its complexity when it is placed in multiple contexts and viewed through multiple lenses. The journal aims to fulfil this important research need.