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NARRATIVES AND NUMBERS: EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF PENTECOSTAL AND CHARISMATIC CHRISTIANITY. By Mark J. Cartledge. Leiden: Brill, 2017. Pp. x + 221. Paper, $68.00.
Religious Studies Review Pub Date : 2022-01-19 , DOI: 10.1111/rsr.15489


A compilation of essays published previously by a leading scholar of empirical theology of pentecostals-charismatics, this book is a cohesive call for theologians who specialize in things theoretical to make us of social-scientific research and statistical studies. Because the chapters are taken from the breadth of Cartledge’s career to date, they sketch the trajectory of his own development in the form of his research projects. They also demonstrate well his own skills with both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Such an intersection has implications for theological method in general. The combination of the two is especially important for the study of pentecostalism, due to the prevalence of popular theology in that tradition. Every church tradition has a degree of disjunction between its official teachings and the beliefs and practices of some of its members. This phenomenon is particularly pronounced in pentecostalism because of the non-confessional status of theology in most pentecostal churches. It is all the more important, then, to find out how grassroots pentecostals understand the basic tenets of Christian faith. Cartledge charts a way to provide more accurate descriptions of what lay pentecostals themselves truly believe, both as an end in itself and as fuel for ongoing formal reflection by pentecostal and other theologians. The book’s nearly forty tables, figures, and diagrams encapsulate the proposed methodology.

Christopher A. Stephenson

Lee University



中文翻译:

叙述和数字:五旬节派和灵恩派基督教的实证研究。马克 J.卡特利奇。莱顿:布里尔,2017 年。x + 221. 纸,68.00 美元。

这本书是五旬节灵恩派经验神学的主要学者先前发表的论文汇编,是对专门研究理论事物的神学家的凝聚力呼吁,使我们能够进行社会科学研究和统计研究。因为这些章节取材自卡特利奇迄今为止的广泛职业生涯,所以它们以他的研究项目的形式勾勒出他自己的发展轨迹。他们还通过定量和定性分析很好地展示了他自己的技能。这种交叉对一般的神学方法有影响。由于流行神学在该传统中的盛行,两者的结合对于五旬节派的研究尤为重要。每个教会传统在其官方教义与其某些成员的信仰和实践之间都有一定程度的脱节。这种现象在五旬节教派中尤为明显,因为在大多数五旬节派教会中神学的非认罪地位。因此,更重要的是要了解基层五旬节派如何理解基督教信仰的基本信条。Cartledge 绘制了一种方法,可以更准确地描述普通五旬节派自己真正相信的东西,这本身就是目的,也是五旬节派和其他神学家持续进行正式反思的燃料。这本书的近四十个表格、数字和图表概括了所提出的方法。这种现象在五旬节教派中尤为明显,因为在大多数五旬节派教会中神学的非认罪地位。因此,更重要的是要了解基层五旬节派如何理解基督教信仰的基本信条。Cartledge 绘制了一种方法,可以更准确地描述普通五旬节派自己真正相信的东西,这本身就是目的,也是五旬节派和其他神学家持续进行正式反思的燃料。这本书的近四十个表格、数字和图表概括了所提出的方法。这种现象在五旬节教派中尤为明显,因为在大多数五旬节派教会中神学的非认罪地位。因此,更重要的是要了解基层五旬节派如何理解基督教信仰的基本信条。Cartledge 绘制了一种方法,可以更准确地描述普通五旬节派自己真正相信的东西,这本身就是目的,也是五旬节派和其他神学家持续进行正式反思的燃料。这本书的近四十个表格、数字和图表概括了所提出的方法。既作为目的本身,也作为五旬节派和其他神学家正在进行的正式反思的燃料。这本书的近四十个表格、数字和图表概括了所提出的方法。既作为目的本身,也作为五旬节派和其他神学家正在进行的正式反思的燃料。这本书的近四十个表格、数字和图表概括了所提出的方法。

克里斯托弗·A·斯蒂芬森

李大学

更新日期:2022-02-11
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