glossolalia
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
|
Date: 2008
glossolalia [Gr.,=speaking in tongues], ecstatic utterances usually of unintelligible sounds made by individuals in a state of religious excitement. Religious revivals are often accompanied by manifestations of glossolalia, and various Pentecostal (see Pentecostalism ) movements cite for authority the Acts of the Apostles, which records that on the day of Pentecost the Apostles "were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them ability." There are other New Testament references to the phenomenon. The Corinthian believers overvalued the gift; Paul in 1 Corinthians encouraged the orderly use of the gift and "interpretation" of the utterance so that all might be edified. In Acts, however, the use of the gift produces speech in other human languages as a kind of reversal of the confusion of tongues produced at the Tower of Babel .
Bibliography: See J. P. Kildahl, The Psychology of Speaking in Tongues (1972); G. T. Montague, The Spirit and His Gifts (1974).
Author not available, GLOSSOLALIA.,
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press
For permission to reuse this article, contact Copyright Clearance Center.
Related articles from HighBeam Research:
|
Glossolalia all the way to Buffalo. (poem)
Chicago Review; 9/22/1995; Kleinzahler, August; 287 words;
Poppy is in the storm cellar, cleaning. Chippie and her little friend Arlene up top are riding along on the swells of a joke about the Russian tank-commander, Colonel Vladimir Khotchokakov. They are beside themselves, each wave of laughter gaining force from the one before until their faces redden
|
|
Redeemed bodies: the functions of divine healing in incipient Pentecostalism.
Church History; 12/1/2001; Baer, Jonathan R.; 17779 words;
... White, 38-39. Contemporary news accounts suggest something ... caused by the outbreak of glossolalia in 1901: A Queer Faith, Topeka ... Religious Fervor, Joplin Daily News Herald (Mo.), 24 Jan. 1904 ... at which Parham focused on glossolalia and seems not to have discussed ... Directly below the Daily ...
|
|
|
"Latter Rain" Falling in the East: Early-Twentieth-Century Pentecostalism in India and the Debate over Speaking in Tongues.
Church History; 9/1/1999; MCGEE, GARY B.; 8241 words;
... visions, dreams, prophecy, glossolalia, and other charismatic gifts ... Travancore (1873-1881) tell of glossolalia and kindred phenomena among ... The second was encouraging news of revivals with large-scale ... mission). According to Parham, glossolalia provided the requisite sign ... Pentecostal had to ...
|
|
SIDEBAR Feeling the spirit, faithful speak out in tongues
The Boston Globe; 11/13/1994; Larry Tye, Globe Staff; 745 words;
... speaking in tongues or, more technically, glossolalia. And it all started, the conduct and ... Testament contains at least 35 references to glossolalia, more than for the Virgin Birth. The ... early 1900s. Theologically speaking, glossolalia is "simply the reversal of the story ...
|
|
A Morphology for the Pentecostal Experience of Receiving the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Western Folklore; 10/1/2003; DeShane, Kenneth; 4962 words;
... tongues, what scholars have labeled glossolalia. The Pentecostals that I have studied ... 1972 & 1990) studied, and for the glossolalia that Goodman and other scholars have ... in Tongues; A Cross-Cultural Study of Glossolalia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press ...
|
|
Speaking in Tongues: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
Theological Studies; 6/1/2007; Connelly, James T.; 384 words;
... xxiv + 238. $24.99. Two 1972 studies of glossolalia launched a three decade or more exploration ... Tongues, Felicitas Goodman approached glossolalia psychologically and argued that it involved ... appear to describe two different kinds of glossolalia. Frank Macchia argues that speaking ...
|
|
Shortcut to Language Preparation? Radical Evangelicals, Missions, and the Gift of Tongues.
International Bulletin of Missionary Research; 7/1/2001; McGee, Gary B.; 4981 words;
... changed, but people. The Amherst Daily News also reported Glassey's story of the vision ... they would be equipped to share the Good News for the spiritual harvest of the end-times ... both Matthew 10:8--10 and Mark 16:17, one news note from Azusa Street boasted, God is ...
|
|
P IS FOR PENTECOSTALISM
Evansville Courier & Press; 10/14/2006; Susan Orr, Courier & Press staff writer 461-0783 or orrs@courierpress.com; 199 words;
... denominations that are generally united by the belief in glossolalia, commonly known as "speaking in tongues." Many consider the ... come Parham and others began speaking in tongues. Although glossolalia sounds incomprehensible, many believers say the speech is ...
|
|
The Spirit (World) and the (Holy) Spirits among the Earliest Christians: 1 Corinthians 12 and 14 as a Test Case
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 4/1/2008; Tibbs, Clint; 5415 words;
... in Paul's polemic on prophecy and glossolalia. The verse summarizes all that has ... with the effects of uninterpreted glossolalia among the congregation. The thrust of Paul's polemic is that glossolalia should not be spoken in the church ...
|
|
The Verbosity of Power.(political speeches)(Brief Article)
Foreign Policy; 11/1/2000; Bertram, Christoph; 983 words;
Needed: a cure for global glossolalia Today's globalized world lacks many things, but official pronouncements are not one of them. Indeed, governments have never been ...
|
|
Renaissance of speaking in tongues came at start of 20th century.(The Gazette)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 5/22/2002; Gorski, Eric; 602 words;
To religion scholars, speaking in tongues, or glossolalia, is part of the religious tradition of ecstatic utterance. Other examples are Tibetan Buddhist chants and American Indian prayer ...
|
|
Speaking in tongues evolves in meaning
The Gazette; 5/18/2002; Eric Gorski; The Gazette; 553 words;
To religion scholars, speaking in tongues, or glossolalia, is part of the religious tradition of "ecstatic utterance." Other examples are Tibetan Buddhist chants and American Indian prayer ...
|
|
|
(book reviews)
Theological Studies; 3/1/1996; Pilch, John J.; 330 words;
Pursuing the same line of anthropological research as Esler on glossolalia (Biblical Theology Bulletin 22 [1992] 136-42) and Pilch on altered states of consciousness (Listening 29 [1993] 231-44) but citing ...
|
+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+News+Service)&type=1 "The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
|
Renaissance of speaking in tongues came at start of 20th century.
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 5/18/2002; 583 words;
Byline: Eric Gorski To religion scholars, speaking in tongues, or glossolalia, is part of the religious tradition of ecstatic utterance. Other examples are Tibetan Buddhist chants and American Indian prayer ...
|
|
[ As Slowdive, singer-guitarist...]
The Washington Post; 2/9/2001; 197 words;
... Slowdive, singer-guitarist Neil Halstead, singer Rachel Goswell and company rode the waves of guitar distortion and vocal glossolalia emanating from Britain in the early '90s. When that era ended -- along with the group's record contract -- the musicians ...
|
See all results from premium newspaper and magazine articles, images, maps and more at HighBeam Research.
Related articles from newspapers, magazines and other sources:
|
|