Essays Tagged: "Pentecostal"

Religion and the Media How religion is being covered in relationship to the fight against terrorism

s intentions have been almost universally supported, his background bout as the son and grandson of Pentecostal ministers and his previous comments regarding his deep religious beliefs have help to in ...

(7 pages) 163 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

An account of The People's Temple Mass suicide and Jim Jones's persuasion and propaganda

e Ku Klux Klan, which may have shown young Jim how to hate (Dickerson 2). Jim's neighbor, who was a Pentecostal religious fanatic, introduced him to a cult-like atmosphere. These influences led to the ... lead to the readiness of the People's Temple to accept Jones's "self styled theology that combined Pentecostalism with social idealism obtained from communist" ideals (Dickerson 3).The following of t ...

(3 pages) 62 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Use of magic realism within Tim Winton's "Cloudstreet"

rt of magic realism, and in Cloudstreet they can be found in the form of the Aboriginal mystic, the Pentecostal pig and the spirits in the house. The spirits are particularly important in their contri ...

(6 pages) 48 0 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

"Orthodox Jew and Pentecostal Christian: There remarkable Worldviews"

modern world. So basically they changed some of the rules and law. In other hand we have Christian Pentecostal; Pentecostals believe that one must be saved by believing in Jesus as Lord and Savior fo ... his was his worldview to be a true and honest Jew, no matter what.The worldview of Orthodox Jew and Pentecostal Christian is Dennis Covington’s shows in his book Salvation on Sand Mountain and ex ...

(4 pages) 15 0 0.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Pentecostal Visual

Visual Representation SummaryThe first Pentecostals in the modern sense appeared on the scene in 1901 in the city of Topeka, Kansas. This f ... ool students, who spoke in tongues on the very first day of the new century January 1, 1901.In 1906 Pentecostalism achieved worldwide attention through the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles led by t ... of speaking in tongues and experience numerous other Holy Spirit manifestations. From Azusa Street, Pentecostalism spread rapidly around the world and began its advance toward becoming a major force i ...

(5 pages) 57 0 4.3 Aug/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Culturally Competent Care of the Hispanic Patient

all are practicing Catholics.The majority of Hispanics are Catholic, with an increasing presence of Pentecostals. Health is a gift from God and should not be taken for granted. The prevention of illne ... ndero has a religious orientation, much of the treatment includes elements of both the Catholic and Pentecostal rituals and artifacts: offerings of money, penance, confessions, lighting candles, woode ...

(7 pages) 154 1 5.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine