News

Public Lecture with Jamie Smith - Regent College

Jamie Smith is presenting "Thinking in Tongues: Pentecostal Contributions to Christian Philosophy" at Regent College, Vancouver, BC on June 30 at 8pm. Jamie Smith is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College.  

Research Award

Dr Michael Wilkinson (Sociology Department, Director, Religion in Canada Institute) and Dr Peter Althouse (Southeastern University, have secured funding for a two-year project as part of the Templeton Foundation Flame of Love Award.  It is a collaborative and inter-disciplinary project investigating the concept of 'godly love' in the Charismatic movement.  The project will focus on understanding the role of prayer within a network of Charismatic prayer centres in the USA. The total amount of the award is $150,000 USD.

Public Lectures - Regent University

Michael Wilkinson and Peter Althouse delivered public lectures at Regent University. See this link for the video file.

Pentecostal-Charismatic Studies, AAR

A new space for Pentecostal-Charismatic studies is now established at the AAR . The Pentecostal-Charismatic Movements (PCM) Consultation provides a forum for scholarly consideration of global phenomena associated with Pentecostalism and charismatic movements. The PCM Consultation provides an arena for a wide array of scholars, disciplinary orientations, and methodological approaches—bringing together those working constructively from within these traditions with scholars considering the phenomena from historical, sociological, ethnographic, and other perspectives. The Consultation intentionally seeks to encourage a global and pluralist perspective.

The Consultation is co-chaired by Amos Yong ( Regent University ) and James K.A. Smith ( Calvin College ). Founding members of the steering committee are Anthea Butler ( Rochester ), Heather Curtis (Harvard Divinity), Gaston Espinosa (Claremont McKenna), and Frederick Ware (Howard).

Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life

Spirit and Power: A 10 Country Survey of Pentecostals

The Pew Forum released a major comparative study on a number of views, beliefs, and practices of Pentecostals (http://pewforum.org/surveys/pentecostal).