Pentecostalism and America's Christian Right: Politics, Religion, Infl
The Pentecostal Church is a conservative Protestant Christian denomination which has had significant influence on American politics and the growth of America's radical Christian Right. Pentecostal Christianity is not the same fundamentalist or even conservative evangelical Christianity. Not all fundamentalists are also Pentecostal, but Pentecostals are generally fundamentalist in their theology. Pentecostalism tends towards anti-intellectualism, anti-science, and anti-modernity.
Pentecostal Superstition: Is Pentecostal Christianity Especially Superstitious?
Superstition is 'excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings' and an 'unjustified belief in supernatural causation.' From the perspective of nonbelievers, all Christianity is superstitious because none of it is justified. If we take as a given some minimal level of belief in the supernatural, though, some forms of...
Pentecostalism & Anxiety: Does Pentecostal Christianity Increase Anxiety?
Religion is sometimes presented as an important means by which people can cope with the problems they face in life, but religion can also add or magnify problems. People aren't necessarily happier and better off with religion than they would be without and this may be especially true when it comes to fundamentalist Christianity, including...