Papers by Mitchell Locklear
In the years after World War II, American Pentecostal discourse revolved around a separation narr... more In the years after World War II, American Pentecostal discourse revolved around a separation narrative. The authors of the narrative asserted that Pentecostalism’s success depended on the ability of the movement to remain separate from American popular culture, which was overwhelmingly shaped by mass consumption and mass media. Promoters of the narrative believed that Pentecostals were becoming too assimilated into mainstream American life with the result being a loss of Pentecostal distinctiveness and desensitization to cultural immorality. This thesis will argue that the separation narrative functioned as an idealized version of Pentecostal history, a rationalization of economic changes affecting Pentecostals, and a critique of postwar popular culture.
Bridges, A Journal of Student Research, May 2013
Abstract In the second century, a prophetic movement emerged out of Asia Minor that sent shockwav... more Abstract In the second century, a prophetic movement emerged out of Asia Minor that sent shockwaves through the Christian Church. Montanism, as the movement became known, emphasized both prophetic and female authority. These aspects of the movement were a threat to the male hierarchy of bishops, and in their efforts to combat threats to both episcopacy and patriarchy, Church leaders tied prophetic excesses to the usurpation of authority by women. Both Montanists and their opponents used New Testament literature and their own understandings of Church tradition to legitimize their claims. Church leaders were largely successful in neutralizing prophecy as a threat to episcopal authority, but they were not as successful in their attacks on women’s authority. Women continued to pursue other avenues to exert spiritual influence on the Church.
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Papers by Mitchell Locklear