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The Use of Biography in Pentecostal Historiography

The Use of Biography in Pentecostal Historiography 77 The Use of Biography in Pentecostal Historiography More than once in recent years it has been noted that there is an acute need for critical, analytical biographical treatments of influential figures in Pentecostal historiography (cf. Russell P. Spittler, "Suggested Areas for Further Research in Pentecostal Studies," Pneuma 5:2 ( 1983), 49. For the most part that observation has gone unheeded. There are now signs that the increasing interest in the history of Pentecostalism may provide us with more such treatments. To be sure, Pentecostals have not been totally bereft of interesting biographical and autobiographical works. Pentecostal leaders are often willing to share their personal "testimonies." Some have been short; others long. Frank Bartleman, Agnes Ozman LaBerge, Thomas Ball Barratt, Elizabeth V. Baker, Andrew Urshan, Maria Woodworth-Etter, and Carrie Judd Montgomery were among the early luminaries who left autobiographical accounts. Still other Pentecostal leaders have been the subject of a series of "devotional" biographies. Such people as "Joybringer" Fred F. Bosworth, Lillian Trasher, "The Nile Mother," and William Branham, "A Man Sent from God" are stereotypical of the Pentecostal biography. Some have been privately published and offered for sale to those who would support the ministry of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pneuma Brill

The Use of Biography in Pentecostal Historiography

Robeck, Cecil M.
Pneuma , Volume 8 (1): 77 – Jan 1, 1986
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© 1986 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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77 The Use of Biography in Pentecostal Historiography More than once in recent years it has been noted that there is an acute need for critical, analytical biographical treatments of influential figures in Pentecostal historiography (cf. Russell P. Spittler, "Suggested Areas for Further Research in Pentecostal Studies," Pneuma 5:2 ( 1983), 49. For the most part that observation has gone unheeded. There are now signs that the increasing interest in the history of Pentecostalism may provide us with more such treatments. To be sure, Pentecostals have not been totally bereft of interesting biographical and autobiographical works. Pentecostal leaders are often willing to share their personal "testimonies." Some have been short; others long. Frank Bartleman, Agnes Ozman LaBerge, Thomas Ball Barratt, Elizabeth V. Baker, Andrew Urshan, Maria Woodworth-Etter, and Carrie Judd Montgomery were among the early luminaries who left autobiographical accounts. Still other Pentecostal leaders have been the subject of a series of "devotional" biographies. Such people as "Joybringer" Fred F. Bosworth, Lillian Trasher, "The Nile Mother," and William Branham, "A Man Sent from God" are stereotypical of the Pentecostal biography. Some have been privately published and offered for sale to those who would support the ministry of the

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