Pentecostal Healing: Models in Theology And Practice (Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement)

WINNER OF THE FOUNDATION FOR PENTECOSTAL SCHOLARSHIP 2007 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE This detailed historical study of the formative years of Pentecostal healing shows with abundant examples how many early Pentecostals were grappling with questions of great importance for the Christian understanding of healing and its relationship to soteriology. This is essential reading for an understanding of the background to Pentecostal thinking and will inform theological reflection on issues associated with the healing ministry of the Christian church. Kimberly Ervin Alexander 1 Contents 7 Acknowledgements 11 Abbreviations 13 Introduction 15 Healing in the Pentecostal Context 15 Survey of Recent Scholarship 17 Purpose and Focus of this Study 19 mmrnmtmzg 20 Argument of this Work 20 The American Divine Healing Movement of the Nineteenth Century: Theological Analysis 22 Introduction 22 I. Identification of the Movement 23 A. Definition 23 B. Time-frame 23 C. Theological Background 24 D. Leadership of the Movement 28 1. Dr. Charles Cullis 30 2. Adoniram Judson Gordon 32 3. Albert Benjamin Simpson 33 4. Andrew Murray 37 5. Carrie Judd Montgomery 38 II. Hermeneutics of the Movement Introduction 41 A. Theological Presuppositions 42 B. Hermeneutical Method 44 C. Examples 45 Summary 48 III. The Doctrine of Divine Healing as Provided in the Atonement 50 Introduction 50 A. Wesleyan Soteriology 51 B. The Four-fold Gospel 54 C. Healing via the Shorter Way 58 D. The Holy Spirit and Healing 62 E. Means of Healing 64 F. Healing for Service in the Kingdom 64 Summary 67 IV. The Healing Home: An Ecclesiological Model 68 Excursus 1: John Alexander Dowie 72 Healing in Early Pentecostalism: Analysis 78 Introduction 78 I. Identification of the Movement 79 A. Definition 79 B. Time-frame 80 C. Primary Sources 81 Excursus 2: The Role of Publishing in Early Pentecostalism 84 D. Research Methodology 86 II. The Wesleyan-Pentecostal Stream 87 A. Healing at Azusa Street 87 I. History of the Revival 87 2. The Origins of Illness 89 3. God’s Remedy for Sickness: The Atonement 90 4. The Holy Spirit and Healing 92 5. Signs Following Believers 93 6. Means of Healing 96 B. Healing Theology and Practice in Early Southern 99 1. History of G.B. Cashwell and the Publication 99 2. Overview of the Contents 101 3. Healing Theology 102 4. Hattie M. Barth’s Integration of Healing and Eschatology 105 5. Means of Healing the Sick 107 C. Healing in the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) 109 1. History of the Denomination 109 2. The Church of God Ethos 111 3. Origins of Illness 115 4. Divine Healing Provided in the Atonement 117 5. Signs Following Believers 118 6. Means of Healing 120 7. Healing as Vocation 125 8. Ultimate Healing 126 D. Healing Theology and Practice in The Church of God in Christ 127 Introduction 127 1. History of The Church of God in Christ 128 2. Origins of Illness 131 3. Divine Healing in the Atonement 132 4. The Holy Spirit and Healing 134 5. Signs Following Believers 134 6. The Place of Faith in Healing 135 mtmg 136 7. Means of Healing 136 E. Healing in the Pentecostal Holiness Church - as Documented in The Pentecostal Holiness Advocate 1917-1923 137 1. History of the Pentecostal Holiness Church 137 2. Origins of Illness 145 3. Divine Healing Provided in the Atonement 147 4. Signs Following Believers 148 5. The Holy Spirit and Healing 151 6. The Role of Faith 153 7. Means of Healing 155 8. Healing and the Christian Vocation 161 9. Ultimate Healing 163 III. Healing Theology and Practice in the Finished Work Pentecostal Stream 164 Introduction 164 A. Healing Theology after Pentecostal Experience — As Reflected in Triumphs of Faith 165 Introduction 165 1. Carrie Judd Montgomery’s Pentecostal Experience 165 2. Montgomery’s Pentecostal Healing Theology 168 3. Means of Healing 172 B. Healing Theology and Practice as Documented in 174 1. History of the Assemblies of God 174 2. Origins of Illness 178 3. Divine Healing Provided in the Atonement 179 4. The Holy Spirit and Healing 180 5. Signs Following Believers 185 6. Means of Healing 187 Excursus 3: Women in the Ministry of Healing - The Rise of Itinerant Healing Evangelists 190 Maria Woodworth-Etter 191 Aimee Semple McPherson 193 C. Healing Theology and Practice in Oneness Pentecostalism 196 1. History of Oneness Pentecostalism 196 2. The Origins of Illness and its Remedy in the Atonement 201 3. Healing in the Name of Jesus 204 4. Healing through the Power of God 205 5. Healing by Faith 206 6. Means of Healing 207 Two Models: 209 Early Pentecostal Theologies of Healing 209 Introduction 209 I. The Wesleyan-Pentecostal Model 212 Conclusion 223 II. The Finished Work Pentecostal Model 223 Conclusion 229 III. The 1918 Influenza Epidemic: A Case Study and Reflection 229 A. Documentation with Regard to the Epidemic 230 B. Theological Reflection on the Case Study 235 1. The Wesleyan-Pentecostal Stream and the 1918 Flu Epidemic 235 2. The Finished Work Stream and the 1918 Flu Epidemic 237 Summary 238 Conclusions 239 I. Summary 239 II. Theological Reflection 244 A. Trinitarian Concerns 244 B. Pneumatological Concerns 247 C. Christological/Soteriological Concerns 248 D. Ecclesiological Concerns 254 £. Eschatological Concerns 255 Bibliography 257 Early Periodical Literature 257 Other Works Cited 257 Index of Authors and Names 266 Index of Scripture References 271 h Pentecostal Healing 274 The American Divine Healing Movement Of The Nineteenth Century -- Healing In Early Pentecostalism: Analysis -- Two Models: Early Pentecostal Theologies Of Healing. Kimberly Ervin Alexander. Publisher's Website Confirms Series Numbering. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [243]-251) And Indexes.