Winter 2007/Pasadena
CH847/547
Robeck
CH847/547: HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF PENTECOSTAL-CHARISMATIC MOVEMENTS.
Cecil M. Robeck Jr.
DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to introduce students to the history of
the various Pentecostal, Charismatic, and related "Spirit Movements". Students
will be guided in discussions related to a number of historiographical
concerns, as well as to studies using a variety of disciplinary starting points
(e.g., history, sociology, anthropology, psychology, etc.). The establishment
of sources for the study of these movements, as well as issues that range from
primitivism and restorationism, independence, institutionalization, and
ecumenism will be covered.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: Satisfactory completion of this course should enable
students to
- appreciate the historical contexts out of which these movements have
arisen;
- identify and assess the critical strengths and weaknesses of these
movements;
- demonstrate the contributions available to the whole Church through
recognition of the areas in which these movements stand in continuity and
discontinuity with the Church.
COURSE FORMAT: The course will meet once weekly for discussion and
presentations. Students will be expected to participate in a day-long tour of
early Pentecostal sites in Los Angeles on Saturday January 20.
REQUIRED READING:
- Anderson, Allan. An Introduction to Pentecostalism.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Bartleman, Frank. Azusa Street. Plainfield, NJ: Logos International,
1980.
- Beverley, James A. Holy Laughter and the Toronto Blessing: An
Investigative Report. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.
- Hollenweger, Walter J. Pentecostalism: Origins and Developments
Worldwide. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1997.
- Robeck, Cecil M., Jr. Unpublished Syllabus with "Readings in Pentecostal
History."
- Robeck, Cecil M., Jr. The Azusa Street Mission and Revival: The Birth of
the Global Pentecostal Movement. Nashville: Nelson, 2006.
- Wacker, Grant. Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American
Culture. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Burgess, Stanley M., ed. The New International Dictionary of
Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002.
- Dayton, Donald W. Theological Roots of Pentecostalism. Grand Rapids:
Frances Asbury/Zondervan, 1987 or Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1987.
- Quebedeaux, Richard. The New Charismatics II. San Francisco: Harper
& Row, 1983.
ASSIGNMENTS: Regular assigned readings from the texts and the syllabus must be
completed prior to class meetings. Students will be expected to engage in a
major research project in which primary sources are sought out and integrated
into a project, or a major paper that studies and evaluates one or more of
these groups and its teachings.
PREREQUISITES: ThM or PhD student, or advanced MA/MDiv students with CH504,
505, or 506 and written permission of the professor.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Elective.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.