Stephen J. Pullum

Faith Healers and the Bible (eBook, ePUB)

What Scripture Really Says

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An insightful read for anyone who is interested in religion, this book offers fresh, biblical insight into the preaching of faith healing from a Christian perspective. Faith healing has been a popular religious phenomenon in this country for well over a hundred years, gaining thousands of followers and raking in millions of dollars annually. What faith healers teach, however, often goes unchallenged. Faith Healers and the Bible: What Scripture Really Says offers an informed critique of many of the themes found in faith healers' preaching that documents that much of what they teach is not biblically based-contrary to what they would like their listeners to believe. Drawing on a lifetime of study and nearly two decades of teaching a university course titled "The Rhetoric of Faith Healing," Stephen J. Pullum, PhD, provides scriptural insight into the false claims frequently found in the preaching of healing revivalists. After an introductory chapter that explains why faith healers have been so persuasive, the author addresses a breadth of topics, including the miraculous, the providential, demon possession, the call of God, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and the health and wealth gospel. Meeting faith healers on their own turf-the Bible-Pullum clearly demonstrates that much of what faith healers preach cannot be scripturally supported.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216083016
• Artikelnr.: 68347149

Autorenporträt

STEPHEN J. PULLUM is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He has published numerous articles on religious rhetoric, and he is a former associate editor of the Journal of Communication and Religion.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. "Hallelujah! Thank You, Jesus!": Selling the Miraculous in
the Preaching of Faith Healers 2. "Do You Understand What You Are
Reading?": Making Sense of the Bible 3. "That They May Believe":
Distinguishing the Miraculous from the Providential 4. Exorcising Evil: The
Bible and Psychology on Demon Possession 5. Burning Bushes, Talking
Donkeys, and Still, Small Voices: The Call of God in the Present Age 6.
"All Things Are Possible": When "All Things" Does Not Mean All Things 7.
"Led By the Spirit of God": The Baptism, Indwelling, and Gift of the Holy
Spirit 8. Name It and Claim It: The Gospel of Health and Wealth 9. In the
Final Analysis, Why Care?169 Notes Author and Subject Index Scripture Index