A study on Pentecostal hermeneutics and a critical discussion of a Pentecostal's criticism of Bultmann's program of demythologization.

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Lung Chun Ming."July 2012."Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012.Includes bibliographical references.Abstracts in English and Chinese.ABSTRACT --- p.IIINTRODUCTION --- p.6DEFINITION OF THE TERMS --- p.8Chapter 1 --- EARLY PENTECOSTAL EXPERIENCE --- p.9Chapter 1.1 --- CHARLES FOX PARHAM --- p.10Chapter 1.1.1 --- BRIEF ACCOUNT TO CHARLES FOX PARHAM --- p.11Chapter 1.1.2 --- PARHAM'S VIEW ON PENTECOSTAL EXPERIENCE --- p.12Chapter 1.2 --- WILLIAM J. SEYMOUR --- p.16Chapter 1.2.1 --- BRIEF ACCOUNT TO WILLIAM JOSEPH SEYMOUR --- p.16Chapter 1.2.2 --- SEYMOUR'S VIEW ON PENTECOSTAL EXPERIENCE --- p.17Chapter 1.3 --- G. S. CASHWELL --- p.19Chapter 1.3.1 --- BRIEF ACCOUNT TO GASTON BARNABAS CASHWELL --- p.20Chapter 1.3.2 --- CASHWELL'S VIEW ON PENTECOSTAL EXPERIENCE --- p.21Chapter 1.4 --- CONCLUSION --- p.24Chapter 2 --- CONTEMPORARY PENTECOSTAL HERMENEUTICS --- p.26Chapter 2.1 --- MENZIES'S VIEW POINT TO PENTECOSTAL HERMENEUTIC --- p.28Chapter 2.2 --- STRONSTAD'S VIEW POINT TO PENTECOSTAL HERMENEUTIC --- p.29Chapter 2.3 --- LEWIS'S VIEW ON PENTECOSTAL HERMENEUTIC --- p.31Chapter 2.4 --- CONCLUSION --- p.32Chapter 3 --- CRITICISM OF BULTMANN'S PROGRAM OF DEMYTHOLOGIZATION FROM A PENTECOSTAL PERSPECTIVE --- p.33Chapter 3.1 --- CRITICISMS OF BULTMANN'S PROGRAM OF DEMYTHOLOGIZATION FROM HOWARD M. ERVIN --- p.33Chapter 3.1.1 --- BRIEF ACCOUNT TO HOWARD M. ERVIN --- p.33Chapter 3.1.2 --- FIRST CRITICISM WORLDVIEW OF MODERN MAN NO LONGER HOLDS --- p.34Chapter 3.1.3 --- SECOND CRITICISM: DEMYTHOLOGIZATION IS ONLY A TASK OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE. DEMYTHOLOGIZATION NEGLECTS DIVINE HERMENEUTICS DURING INTERPRETATION --- p.35Chapter 3.2 --- ANALYSIS OF BULTMANN'S PROGRAM OF DEMYTHOLOGIZING --- p.36Chapter 3.2.1 --- BULTMANN'S VIEW ON DEMYTHOLOGIZATION --- p.37Chapter 3.2.2 --- RICOEUR VIEW'S ON BULTMANN'S DEMYTHOLOGIZATION --- p.39Chapter 3.3 --- A CRITICAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN PENTECOSTAL HERMENEUTICS AND BULTMANN'S DEMYTHOLOGIZATION --- p.44Chapter 3.3.1 --- RESPONSE TO FIRST CRITICISM --- p.44Chapter 3.3.2 --- RESPONSE TO SECOND CRITICISM --- p.45Chapter 3.4 --- CONCLUSION --- p.46CONCLUSION --- p.47BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.48BOOKS AND JOURNALS --- p.48ONLINE RESOURCES --- p.5