Divine Healing: The Formative Years: 1830-1890: Theological Roots in the Transatlantic World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781610971058)

Divine healing is commonly practiced today throughout Christendom and plays a significant part in the advance of Christianity in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Such wide acceptance of the doctrine within Protestantism did not come without hesitation or controversy. The prevailing view saw suffering as a divine chastening designed for growth in personal holiness, and something to be faced with submission and endurance. It was not until the nineteenth century that this understanding began to be seriously questioned. This book details those individuals and movements that proved radical enough in their theology and practice to play a part in overturning mainstream opinion on suffering. James Robinson opens up a treasury of largely unknown or forgotten material that extends our understanding of Victorian Christianity and the precursors to the Pentecostal revival that helped shape Christianity in the twentieth century.

Author: James Robinson
ISBN-10: 1610971051
ISBN-13: 9781610971058
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Language: English
Published: 04/13/2011
Pages: 326
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.80d