pentecostalism
Noun
Meaning
the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues
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Yes, I think especially the Pentecostal churches, you know, that there's been such a growth in Pentecostalism. And it's a rejection of the much more dour and barren kind of Calvinist worship and also, the very formal Catholic forms of worship.
Duffield and Van Cleave 1983, p. 341. Within Pentecostalism, there is a belief that speaking in tongues serves two functions.
Even as Pentecostalism has become more organized and formal, with more control exerted over services, Johansson, in Patterson and Rybarczyk 2007, pp. 56–57.
Pentecostalism arrived in Brazil with Swedish and American missionaries in 1911. it grew rapidly, but endured numerous schisms and splits.
Pentecostalism is one of the fastest growing movements within Christianity and is associated largely with Protestants but includes a growing number of Catholics.
In other words, Pentecostalism is in danger of self-immolation through blatant and unrelenting prattle on materialism.