Am bucuria de a a semnala un studiu pe care colegul meu, Ciprian Bălăban, l-a publicat recent într-un volum din prestigioasa serie Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies, care apare la editura olandeză Brill.

Semnalez articolul nu fiindcă mă iluzionez că vreunul dintre cititorii blogului meu și-ar putea permite să cumpere acest volum (vezi aici prețurile fabuloase practicate de această prestigioasă editură), ci fiindcă nu e la îndemâna oricui să publice la Brill. :)

Acestea fiind spuse, cu admirație (dacă nu cumva chiar cu nițică invidie smerită :) ) prezint mai jos cuprinsul volumului și alte câteva informații de pe site-ul editurii.

       Edited by W.K. Kay and A.E. Dyer

Starting from small numbers before 1914, the Pentecostal and charismatic movement now comprises nearly one third of the whole of the global Christian population. Scholarly accounts of Pentecostal and charismatic congregations in various countries have been written but this book does something new. It provides an interconnected account of Pentecostalism in Europe, something never before been attempted because of the diversity of languages spoken across the continent. This book shows how Pentecostalism spread from the north of Europe and how it fared during two horrific wars and under communist dictatorships. In doing so it provides new theological, historical and sociological information about Pentecostal churches in eastern and southern Europe, about the Catholic Charismatic Movement and about the state of western groupings.

Biographical note

William K Kay, Ph.D. (1981) Education, Reading University, and PhD (1989) in Theology, Nottingham University, is Professor of Theology at Glyndŵr University, Wrexham, Wales. He has published extensively on educational and Pentecostal topics including Pentecostalism: a very short introduction (Oxford University Press, 2011).Anne E Dyer Ph.D. (2008) in Theology, Bangor University, N Wales, is the senior Librarian and a tutor at Mattersey Hall, a ministry training centre (BA-PhD) for the Assemblies of God in the UK. Her specialities are history of Pentecostalism and Christian Mission. She has been assistant to Professor W. K. Kay since 2003 in research and editing books and the Journal of European Pentecostal Association, for which she is secretary.

Readership

All interested in Pentecostalism and the church in Europe for the 20th Century, personnel of academic and ministerial colleges and churches associated with the Pentecostal and charismatic streams.

Table of contents

Introduction: Anne E Dyer
Chapter 1: Scandinavian Pentecostalism: Jan-Åke Alvarsson
Chapter 2: The Development of British Pentecostalism: Neil Hudson
Chapter 3: The Development of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements in the German speaking areas of Europe: Carl Simpson
Chapter 4: The Development of Pentecostalism in the Dutch Speaking Areas: Cornelis van der Laan
Chapter 5: The Development of Pentecostalism in Francophone Europe: Raymond Pfister
Chapter 6: The Development of Pentecostalism in the Iberian Peninsula: Manuel Martin Arroyo
Chapter 7: The Development of Pentecostalism in Italy: Carmine Napolitano
Chapter 8: The Development of Pentecostalism in South East Europe; Balkans and Greece: Driton Krasniqi
Chapter 9: The Development of Pentecostalism in Central Europe; Poland: Tim Case & Mark Kaminski Romania : Ciprian Balaban, Bulgaria: Daniela Augustine, Hungary: Czaba Tenkely, Czech Republic & Slovakia: ThrDr Jozef Brenkus
Chapter 10: The Development of The Pentecostal Movement in Russia and Ukraine: Pavel Mozer, Oleg Bornovolokov
Chapter 11: Pentecostal Theology & Protestant Europe: Jean-Daniel Plüss
Chapter 12: Pentecostal Theology & Catholic Europe: W. K. Kay with C. Slijkerman, R Pfister and C. van der Laan
Chapter 13: Pentecostal Theology & Communist Europe: Peter Kuzmic
Chapter 14: The Future(s) of Pentecostalism in Europe: Raymond Pfister
Chapter 15: A Sociological Perspective on Pentecostalism in Europe: William K. Kay
Appendix: Statistical charts of Pentecostalism in Europe