Glossolalia

The distinctive Pentecostal experience is glossolalia. Since the advent of the Pentecostal revival in 1906, research into glossolalia has erupted into a flood of literature. This thesis does three things. First, it provides a bibliographical review of the most important literatu…

This dissertation examines the gift of tongues in the Bible. The treatment of this topic is divided into four chapters each of which is written around a major question or issue in regards to the gift of tongues. In chapter one attention is given to the question of the existence …

Polite Americans do not publicly discuss religion or class, particularly in mundane, daily conversation. The taboo against the merging of these conversational topics helps obscure a double standard—while American ideology maintains that we revere religious freedom and do not hav…