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Divine Healing - the Formative Years, 1830-1890 : Theological Roots in the Transatlantic World / James Robinson ; with a Foreword by William K. Kay (Paperback)
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Divine Healing - the Formative Years, 1830-1890 : Theological Roots in the Transatlantic World / James Robinson ; with a Foreword by William K. Kay (Paperback)
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Synopsis: Divine healing is commonly practiced today throughout
Christendom and plays a significant part in the advance of
Christianity in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Such wide
acceptance of the doctrine within Protestantism did not come
without hesitation or controversy. The prevailing view saw
suffering as a divine chastening designed for growth in personal
holiness, and something to be faced with submission and endurance.
It was not until the nineteenth century that this understanding
began to be seriously questioned. This book details those
individuals and movements that proved radical enough in their
theology and practice to play a part in overturning mainstream
opinion on suffering. James Robinson opens up a treasury of largely
unknown or forgotten material that extends our understanding of
Victorian Christianity and the precursors to the Pentecostal
revival that helped shape Christianity in the twentieth century.
Endorsements: "With interest in international Pentecostalism
growing exponentially, the time is just right for James Robinson's
carefully researched and wide-ranging investigation of its roots
among the diverse healing and holiness traditions of the nineteenth
century." -David Hempton Harvard Divinity School "This new study
opens up vistas that enable us to see twentieth-century enthusiasm
with new eyes: the revivals of Azusa Street in California, the
excitation in the Celtic fringes of Britain, and the growing
acceptance in Britain that the God of the bible could still heal
had its roots in movements from the beginning of the nineteenth
century, many of which have been neglected, marginalized, or
forgotten. James Robinson, in this excellent book, traces their
origins and influence. Theologically and sociologically they are a
mixed bag, but this makes them more interesting and sometimes
surprising." -Andrew Walker King's College, University of London
"James Robinson's history of nineteenth-century divine healing
movements is a welcome addition to what has become a burgeoning
field of study. A special virtue of this book is Robinson's close
attention to the role of Britain and continental Europe in
transatlantic developments. Robinson both builds effectively on
previous scholarship and provides greater depth, plumbing rich
archival resources to provide new insight into how personal
experience informed the theologies of healing evangelists." -Candy
Gunther Brown Indiana University "James Robinson has portrayed the
nineteenth-century Healing Movement vividly in this well-documented
study, particularly paying attention to the movement in Europe and
the links to later Pentecostalism. Few works on this subject have
been as comprehensive, and this one will stand as a standard
reference for years to come." -Allan Anderson University of
Birmingham, United Kingdom Author Biography: James Robinson was
awarded his doctorate, from Queen's University Belfast. He is the
author of Pentecostal Origins: Early Pentecostalism in Ireland in
the Context of the British Isles (2005).
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