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- Title
VARYING VIEWS OF SPIRIT BAPTISM: AN ANALYSIS OF SPEECH-ACTS TOWARD ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE.
- Authors
Malone, Jonathan A.
- Abstract
Often, different religious communities will employ similar terms with different understandings and practices of meaning. These differences can lead to confusion in ecumenical engagement. The term "baptized by the Spirit" leads to such confusion when used in Baptist or Pentecostal communities. This work offers a comparison of such a term between the two communities, utilizing writings of Geertz, Lindbeck, and McClendon. In such a comparison the reader will find that the understanding of the term varies to such a degree that when claiming a Christian identity it is essential in the Baptist community, while in the Pentecostal community the practice of the term is important but not essential.
- Subjects
CHRISTIANITY -- Terminology; BAPTISTS; PENTECOSTAL churches; GEERTZ, Clifford, 1926-2006; LINDBECK, George A., 1923-; MCCLENDON, James William, 1924-2000; MISCOMMUNICATION; BAPTISM
- Publication
Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 2013, Vol 48, Issue 4, p571
- ISSN
0022-0558
- Publication type
Essay