{"product_id":"catch-the-fire-soaking-prayer-and-charismatic-renewal-paperback-softback-9780875807058","title":"Catch the Fire; Soaking Prayer and Charismatic Renewal (Paperback \/ softback) 9780875807058","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCatch the Fire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSoaking Prayer and Charismatic Renewal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Wilkinson (Author), Peter Althouse (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780875807058\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 March 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e242 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e[This book] makes an important contribution to the social scientific research on prayer by focusing on the relationship between a form of charismatic prayer and the change of practitioners toward benevolent action.\u003c\/p\u003e (Pneuma)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA recent phenomenon of charismatic renewal took place in Toronto in the mid-1990s. Commonly known as the \"Toronto Blessing\" and operated by the former Vineyard Church leaders John and Carol Arnott, the renewal was defined by reports of uncontrollable laughter, weeping, speaking in tongues, animal noises, and falling on the floor during worship.\u003c\/b\u003e Sympathetic Christians embraced these practices while others who believed that this form of worship boarded on spectacle rejected them. By the end of the 1990s most people thought that the renewal was over. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Yet, in the first decade of the twenty-first century, the authors—a sociologist and a theologian—heard rumors that the Toronto church, now known as \"Catch the Fire,\" was still holding mass meetings with upwards of 2,000 people in attendance. They also learned of an emerging practice of \"soaking prayer,\" an adaption of Pentecostal-charismatic prayer that, participants and leaders claim, facilitates and expands the reception of divine love in order to give it away in acts of forgiveness, reconciliation, compassion, and benevolence. Soaking, the authors reveal, is a metaphor for practices like resting in the Spirit, prayer for spiritual gifts, healing, prophecy, impartation, and supports overall charismatic spirituality. Attending \"Catch the Fire\" conferences, churches, and house meetings in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, Wilkinson and Althouse observed first-hand how people soak, what it means to soak, and why soaking is considered an important practice among charismatics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702128374040,"sku":"9780875807058","price":28.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/catch-the-fire-soaking-prayer-and-charismatic-renewal-paperback-softback-9780875807058","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}