Pentecostalism

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This paper describes Pentecostalism as an important mass religious movement of the twentieth century. It discusses the way in which Pentecostalism, together with Neo-Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement are labels for a huge section of the conservative Christian world. It discusses how the sect began and grew and its status today.

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"The historiography of Pentecostalism is multifaceted and the initial historical works came from within the movement itself (Stephens pp). Stephens notes that Pentecostal historians wrote within a providential framework that focused on the role of God rather than human and natural causation, and these histories were apologetic and largely "ahistorical" (Stephens pp). They more or less depicted the Pentecostal revival as "dropping from heaven like a sacred meteor," as evident in the titles of early works such as the 1916 The Apostolic Faith Restored, and the 1961 Suddenly From Heaven: A History of the Assemblies of God (Stephens pp)."

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