| Description |
xix, 315 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-305) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Before you begin -- Charting the course -- Part 1: Fabrications, fantasies, and frauds. The Holy Ghost bartender -- The party -- The Vineyard connection -- The runway in Toronto -- The fatal fruit -- Part 2 : Lying signs and wonders. Animals, animation, advertisements, and athletics -- A Jack with a lantern -- A great apostasy -- A great awakening -- A muddy mixture -- Part 3 : Endtime restorationism. Endtime restoration of tongues -- Endtime restoration of healing -- Endtime restoration of charismatic unity -- Endtime restoration of super prophets and apostles -- Endtime restoration hoaxes -- Part 4 : Slain in the Spirit. Sisters -- Suspect slayings -- Shakers and Quakers -- Seven scriptural pretexts -- Structural defects -- Part 5 : Hypnotism. The arrival of the mesmerist -- The altered state of consciousness -- The psychology of peer pressure -- The exploitation of expectations -- The subtle power of suggestion -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
The president of the Christian Research Institute reveals the truth behind today's counterfeit revivals. Hank Hanegraaff steps to the forefront in the discussion on today's most visible--and controversial--revival movements. |
| Subject |
Religious fanaticism -- Christianity.
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Enthusiasm -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Gifts, Spiritual.
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Revivals -- History -- 20th century.
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Pentecostalism -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0849911826 (hardcover) |
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9780849911828 (hardcover) |
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0849938929 (foreign) |
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9780849938924 (foreign) |
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