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Exploring the Marcan account of the Baptism of Jesus through psychological lenses : an empirical study within a Black-led Black-majority Pentecostal church
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Francis, Leslie J., Jones, Susan H. and Martinson, Jonas (2019) Exploring the Marcan account of the Baptism of Jesus through psychological lenses : an empirical study within a Black-led Black-majority Pentecostal church. Journal of the European Pentecostal Theology Association, 39 (2). pp. 100-115. doi:10.1080/18124461.2019.1592330 ISSN 1812-4461.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/18124461.2019.1592330
Abstract
This study explores the effect of psychological type preferences on the interpretation of scripture among members of a Black-led Black-majority Pentecostal church in a multi-cultural city in the Midlands of England. The passage of scripture studied, the Marcan account of the baptism of Jesus, is rich in Pentecostal imagery. The data demonstrate that, while particular themes and nuances of the Pentecostal tradition are clearly voiced in the interpretation, the way in which sensing types and intuitive types approached the interpretation of Mark 1: 4-9 are distinctively different. The sensing types paid clear attention to the details of the text, while the intuitive types gave greater emphasis to the ideas and connections sparked by the narrative. These findings extend the validity of the psychologically-informed reader perspective approach to biblical hermeneutics pioneered by the SIFT method into the field of Pentecostal hermeneutics.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Jesus Christ -- Baptism, Bible.Mark -- Criticism, interpretation, etc, Pentecostalism -- Great Britain, Bible -- Hermeneutics -- Psychological aspects, Bible -- Black interpretations -- History | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of the European Pentecostal Theology Association | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 1812-4461 | ||||||
Official Date: | 28 March 2019 | ||||||
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Volume: | 39 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 100-115 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/18124461.2019.1592330 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | โThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the European Pentecostal Theology Association on 28/03/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/18124461.2019.1592330 | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 12 March 2019 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 April 2021 | ||||||
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