Speaking in Tongues: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives
Overview
Speaking in tongues (glossolalia) is a common spiritual phenomenon in the Pentecostal and Charismatic streams of the Christian church. Such Christians believe that when they speak in tongues they are communicating with God in a language that they have never learned—spiritual prayer language given to them by the Holy Spirit. This innovative volume seeks to enhance our understanding and appreciation of glossolalia by examining it from a range of different angles. Christian scholars from diverse academic disciplines bring to bear the insights of their own specialist areas to shed new light on the practice of speaking in tongues. The disciplines include: • New Testament Studies with Max Turner • Theology with Frank D. Macchia • History with Neil Hudson • Philosophy with James K. A. Smith • Linguistics with David Hilborn • Sociology with Margaret M. Poloma • Psychology with William K. Kay A final chapter by Mark J. Cartledge seeks to show how all of these perspectives can work together and enrich a Christian appreciation of the gift of tongues.
Top Highlights
“He found difficulty with the theory that the mind is produced by the activities of the brain, in other words an entirely materialistic basis for mental life, and so hesitantly returned, with modifications, to what he takes to be the only remaining possibility: that we have souls, and that these are the media upon which the manifold brain-processes combine their effects.” (Page 175)
“His use of the related verbal form (megalunō) in 10:46 and 19:17, where simply praise to God is meant, suggests that the tongues in Acts 2 are not to be construed as an evangelistic communication as such:15 indeed the tongues-speeches taken by themselves only lead observers (sympathetic and otherwise) to questions and to confusion.” (Page 6)
“a distinctive sign of God’s eschatological renewing presence” (Page 32)
“He indicates no knowledge of glossolalia as a phenomenon occurring after initial reception of the Spirit: there is nothing in Acts to match the congregational phenomenon of tongues, described by Paul in 1 Corinthians 12–14, or the private practice of it anticipated there.” (Page 8)
“the tongues of Pentecost point to a reunification of humankind” (Page 37)
- Title: Speaking in Tongues: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives
- Author: Mark J. Cartledge
- Series: Studies in Pentecostal and Charismatic Issues
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Glossolalia; Pentecostalism
- ISBNs: 9781620321225, 9781842273777, 162032122X, 1842273779
- Resource ID: LLS:SPKNGTNPRSPCTVS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:05:40Z