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Author Williams, Cyril Glyndwr.

Title Tongues of the Spirit : a study of pentecostal glossolalia and related phenomena / Cyril G. Williams
Published Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 1981

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Description xiii, 276 pages ; 22 cm
Contents The ecstatic element in Hebrew prophecy and Christian glossolalia -- Glossolalia in the New Testament -- The origins and development of the Pentecostal Movement -- Glossolalia -- in classic Pentecostalism -- Neo-Pentecostalism and glossolalia -- Glossolalia in recent research (1) : The glossolalist : his personality and condition -- Glossolalia in recent research (2) : The function of glossolalia -- Glossolalia in recent research (3) : The form of glossolalia -- Glossolalia and kindred phenomena : the mysticism of sound -- Comment and appraisal -- Journals, periodicals, newspapers
Summary In this book I have examined, briefly, various interpretations of glossolalia and raised the question of seemingly related phenomena in other religious contexts, both undertakings, in my view, being pre-requisites of theological appraisal. - Preface
Notes Includes indexes
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 241-268
Subject Glossolalia.
Pentecostalism.
Christianity.
Religion and Psychology.
LC no. 81140486
ISBN 0708307582