Events 

Canadian Society for the Study of Religion Annual Meeting

Panel: “Theoretical and Methodological Issues for Researching Pentecostalism”

Wilfrid Laurier University - Monday MAY 28, 2012 - 9:00-10:30AM

Chair: Adam Stewart (University of Waterloo)    

Linda M. Ambrose (Laurentian University)    
Questions and Quandaries in Exploring Gender History in Canadian Pentecostalism    

Femi J. Kolapo (University of Guelph)    
Reverse Theorization and a Different Understanding of  Reverse Mission

Michael Wilkinson (Trinity Western University)
Globalization Theory: Making Sense of Structure and Culture in Global Pentecostalism

Summer Seminar in Pentecostal Studies

August 13-17, 2012 at Trinity Western University

Registration Details here

The Summer Seminar focuses on current issues in Pentecostal studies for students, researchers, and ministry leaders. Participants will meet in the mornings for engaging discussions about global Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity. Afternoons consist of some free time for personal study, research, and small interest group sessions with other participants.

Professors:
Dr. Allan Anderson, University of Birmingham, UK
* Dr. Anderson is Professor of Global Pentecostal Studies in the Department of Theology and Religion. He has published extensively on Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity including the books An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity and Spreading Fires: The Missionary Nature of Early Pentecostalism.

Dr. Michael Wilkinson, Trinity Western University
* Dr. Wilkinson is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Religion in Canada Institute, Trinity Western University. He has research and published extensively on Pentecostalism including: The Spirit said Go: Pentecostal Immigrants in Canada and Canadian Pentecostalism: Transition and Transformation.

Symposium: The Charismatic Movement and Secularization

Monday November 21, 2011 - 6PM

Trinity Western University
7600 Glover Road, Langley, BC
Robert Norman Thompson Building, RM 121

“Steve Bruce’s ‘God is Dead’ Thesis: Some Introductory Remarks about the Charismatic Movement and Secularization” - Michael Wilkinson

“The Desecularization of Western Christianity: A Case Study and a Preliminary Analysis of the Alleluia Community with a focus on Prayer”- Donald S. Swenson

“Charismatic Renewal and Social Action: The Case of River City Church, Jacksonville” - Peter F. Althouse

Lectures in Renewal Studies

Regent University School of Divinity offers the PhD in Renewal Studies, the only terminal research degree of its kind in North America. The field of Renewal Studies covers the broad spectrum of pentecostal, charismatic, and related revitalization movements going back through Christian history and even into ancient Israel. The program thus understands Renewal Studies technically as a methodological approach that invites a range of hermeneutical, historiographical, and theological perspectives informed by charismatic experiences. These special lectures in Renewal Studies sponsored by the School of Divinity for the academic year 2011-2012 feature prominent and world-renowned scholars who will interact with and engage topics in the field of Renewal Studies from a wide range of disciplinary vantage points.

See this link for details.

Great Commandment Seminar

October 22-23, 2010 - Vanguard University, California

See this link for details.

Canadian Pentecostal Symposium

Annually at Society for Pentecostal Studies meeting.

Society for Pentecostal Studies

For more information see the SPS website

American Academy of Religion

A number of sessions at AAR will feature scholarship on Pentecostalism. See www.aarweb.org/ for details.