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Pentekostal hermeneutik: Hur tolkar svenska pingstpredikanter bibeln?
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2080-3620
2020 (Swedish)In: Scandinavian Journal for Leadership & Theology, E-ISSN 1894-7875, no 7, p. 1-18Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this article I present a study of Swedish Pentecostal preachers’ interpretations and applications of biblical texts. The study is based on 19 sermons that were published on the website"Söndag hela veckan”, January 19, 2020, by churches with “Pingst” (Pentecostal) in theirname. The aim of the study was to contribute to the field of Pentecostal hermeneutics throughan analysis of interpretative patterns in present day preachers’ sermons. The study shows thatthe preachers address a putative desire for a more devoted Christian life and that they do notpractice exegetics in the sense of making historical readings searching for the original authors’ intention. Instead they apply the texts to the present here and now, thereby bringing thetexts from them to us. This is done by means of generalizations, abstractions, and analogies inthe form of parables and narratives. In this way the studied preachers endeavor to encourageand challenge their listeners to continue searching for the richer Christian life they long for. Inrelation to previous studies, I claim that the studied sermons constitute a special act of interpretation that cannot be compared with academic exegetics. I also suggest that the hermeneutics in the sermons cannot be described as narrative or, for example, poststructuralist. Thereare some marginal similarities with interpretations of fiction, but the sermons can on thewhole be described as “a distinctive interpretive activity”. The message of the sermons is consistent with previous descriptions of Pentecostal theology, except that the preachers do notemphasize the story of the Pentecostal movement and, more remarkably, that traditional eschatology hardly has any place in the sermons

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Ansgar Teologiske Hoegskole , 2020. no 7, p. 1-18
Keywords [en]
Pentecostal, hermeneutics, sermons
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History of Religions General Literature Studies
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Literature; History Of Religions
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-89443DOI: 10.53311/sjlt.v7.45OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-89443DiVA, id: diva2:1526782
Available from: 2021-02-08 Created: 2021-02-08 Last updated: 2022-06-22Bibliographically approved

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