“As by a New Pentecost”: Embodied Prayer in Catholic Charismatic Renewal Following Vatican II

Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement and Healing in Japanâ•Žs Religious Culture

Japan is a land of many contrasts. It is modern yet rooted in tradition. In general, Japanese do not have much interest in religions, yet religions are overflowing in Japan. Christianity is a minority religion in Japan, and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement started there in 1972. In this paper, the author examines the influence of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement on the Japanes...

Catholic and Charismatic: A Study in Personality Theory within Catholic Congregations

This study set out to conceptualise and measure Charismatic orientation (openness to charismatic experience) and traditional Catholic orientation (Catholic identity) among a sample of 670 Catholic churchgoers in order to test whether attachment to Catholic Charismatic Renewal strengthened or weakened the sense of traditional Catholic identity among churchgoing Catholics. This research question ...

Did Anyone Realize What Was Ahead? Catholic Health Care And Vatican II.

The Embodied Performance of Deliverance Prayer in Christian Healing Ministry

Christian Healing Ministries in Jacksonville, Florida is a charismatic organization that promotes and practices Christian healing. Although known for healing prayers, its worldview is more holistic and includes different kinds of prayers that address emotional, psychological, spiritual and bodily health. Deliverance prayer is of particular interest because it imagines a world of “spirit attachm...

a fundamental study of "histiriographic metafiction", and "literary genres", as introduced in "new historical philosophy", and tracing them in the works of julian barnes.

abstract a fundamental study of “historio-graphic metafiction” and “literary genres”, as introduced in “new historical philosophy”, and tracing them in the works of julian barnes having studied the two novels, the porcupine and arthur & george, by julian barnes, the researcher has applied linda hutcheon’s historio-graphic metafictional theories to them. the thesis is divided into five cha...