Religion for Modernity : Martin Wells Knapp and the Radical Holiness Network of the American Progressive Era

• 발행기관: 서울신학대학교 글로벌사중복음연구소
• 저자명: David Bundy
• 간행물 정보: 『World Christianity and the Fourfold Gosepl』Vol.1 No.1, 43~79쪽, 전체 37쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 종교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.09.30

영문 초록

Martin Wells Knapp (1853-1901) is an often mentioned but little understood figure in American and World Christian historiography. As the progenitor of Pentecostalism as well as of several large Holiness denominations, he was clearly an important figure. This essay seeks to place Knapp in his historical context, so that the attractiveness of Knapp’s social and theological vision might be better understood and appreciated. Knapp, as other were doing, described his vision as “Pentecostal,” a term that would be later adopted by his students into modern Pentecostalism. Knapp understood “Pentecostal” to be a biblical approach to life and ministry, undertaken according to the paradigm of the biblical Acts of the Apostles and the life of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels. Knapp pastoral ministry in Adrian, Michigan, and his multi-faceted urban ministry in Cincinnati, Ohio, are discussed using a five point heuristic grid: Urbanization, Industrialization and Modernization, Democratization: The Issue of Power; Aspirations for Humanization; Global vision in a period of American ascendancy; and “Pentecost:” a paradigm for the new reality. The article concludes that Knapp found an effective theological synthesis and approach to ministry well suited to the conditions of American society. As a preacher-theologian of the American progressive era, he was part of that movement to purify American culture and transform its values.

목차

Abstract

Why is Martin Wells Knapp Important?

What are categories for underst anding Knapp?

What May be Known about Knapp?

Why did the People List en to Knapp and the other Radic al Holiness Preachers

Conclusion

키워드

Martin Wells Knapp (1853-1901) Holiness Movement Pentecostalism Progressive Era Methodism Holiness Mission World Christianity Urban Ministry