Suchergebnisse

1. Introduction -- 2. Ecstatic Church—Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity in Australia—Antecedents, History, and Present Shape -- 3. A Happy Science—LGBTQ+ Sexuality and Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity -- 4. Perfection and Anxiety: Theological and Scriptural foundations of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christian attitudes to LGBTQ+ -- 5. The Battleground: discursive conflict between LGBTQ+ people and Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches for LGBTQ+ people in Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity. 6 -- Turbulent Waters—Australian Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts -- 7. Attempted Integrations—LGBTQ+ Christians who remained in PCC Churches -- 8. Counter-Rejections—LGBTQ+ people leaving Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity -- 9. "Born wrong" Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity and 'Troubling Bodies' -- 10. Conclusion.

Based on two richly described case studies - a Pentecostal worship service and popular music festival - this book draws on sociology, theology and religious studies in order to understand the significance of ecstatic experience in these contexts. Interviews with performers in both settings, together with detailed first person accounts of worship services and live performances, combine to create a picture of the role of music, performance and space in catalysing ecstasy. Drawing on the work of thinkers as diverse as Michel Foucault, Emile Durkheim, Victor Turner and Friedrich Schleiermacher, th