Prayer Group Runs Away From Home, Sparks Fear of Mass Suicide
Another California story? Or is there something here we can learn about Pentecostal, charismatic religion?
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Who (or What) are Sarah Palin’s Prayer Warriors?
The perils of reporting on the faith of Sarah Barracuda.
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Maybe I ought to write a book on that. D’oh!
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Pat Robertson’s Women Warriors Leading Spiritual Warfare In Zimbabwe
At the Fathers’ House International church in Henderson, Kentucky, Pastor Lisa Bourland is seated on the floor of the altar in the prayer room washing the feet of speakers for that evening’s Women, Weapons of Warfare (WWW) conference. Behind her is a blank movie screen—the…
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Pat Robertson’s Women Warriors: The Video
The following video was shot and edited by RD associate editor Sarah Posner to accompany her feature, Pat Robertson’s Women Warriors Leading Spiritual Warfare In Zimbabwe.
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Palin. . . . 2012?
A new bloggingheads on Palin, Pentecostalism, and the political scene.
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The Anti-Gay Highway
A new report documents the trend of evangelicals like Rick Warren exporting sexuality issues to Africa, whose clergy, in turn, support the minority antigay view in mainline denominations, weakening them. The author of the report speaks with RD at length about what he found.
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Pentecostal Scholars Call for Academic Freedom
A scholar of Pentecostalism tells how an academic conference became a culture war battleground, and what she plans to do about it.
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Heresy, Bad Taste, or Capitalist Adventure: Is it Still Pentecostalism?
In this chronicle of mutations within the Pentecostal movement, we learn to distinguish among the Prosperity Gospel, Word of Faith, and New Apostolic Movements—and we learn why it matters.
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Prosperity, Spiritual Warfare, and the ‘On-Demand’ God
Given that so many powerful Pentecostals and Charismatics, like Senator John Ensign and Sarah Palin, are embroiled in high-profile scandals, one might expect to hear more about the movements that unite them. Anthea Butler, a leading scholar on Pentecostalism and American religious history, traces the various movements and their theologies of wealth, healing, and dominion.
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