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

  1. appreciate the historical contexts out of which these movements have arisen;

  2. identify and assess the critical strengths and weaknesses of these movements;

  3. 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 Unpublished Syllabus with "Readings in Pentecostal History."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.