
When Pentecostals Cry
A Phenomenological Study of Encountering God
Martin Warnelid(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 27. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
270 pages
978-90-04-74767-8 (ISBN)
Description
In When Pentecostals Cry, Martin Warnelid presents a unique perspective on the affective dimension of pentecostal spirituality by exploring fourteen narratives of encountering God by ordinary pentecostal believers.
From a practical-theological perspective, the author creatively interprets the research findings through the leitmotif of pentecostal tears, engaging constructively with Hartmut Rosa's theory of resonance and Simeon Zahl's pneumatology. In doing this, the book offers a fresh understanding of what occurs when pentecostals cry that goes beyond dismissing the phenomenon as religious emotionalism.
For the first time, affective experiences of encountering God are in this book interpreted as pneumatological resonance, a concept that expands the conversation on pentecostal spirituality in significant ways.
From a practical-theological perspective, the author creatively interprets the research findings through the leitmotif of pentecostal tears, engaging constructively with Hartmut Rosa's theory of resonance and Simeon Zahl's pneumatology. In doing this, the book offers a fresh understanding of what occurs when pentecostals cry that goes beyond dismissing the phenomenon as religious emotionalism.
For the first time, affective experiences of encountering God are in this book interpreted as pneumatological resonance, a concept that expands the conversation on pentecostal spirituality in significant ways.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
381 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-74767-8 (9789004747678)
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Martin Warnelid is Associate Professor of Practical Theology at ALT School of Theology in Sweden. He studied theology at the University of Oxford, served as a pastor in Stockholm, and wrote his PhD thesis at the University of Aberdeen.