Axiological and social dimensions of the eschatological doctrine of the Pentecostals in the context of modernity

Keywords: eschatology, “doomsday”, Pentecostal movements, dispensationalism, millenarianism, soteriology, praxeology

Abstract

The article analyzes the essential characteristics of the eschatological doctrine of the Pentecostal movements that formed within the limits of the evangelical theological discourse. The author reflects on the constructive and destructive elements of the eschatological orientation of the theological narrative in the Pentecostal communities, as well as on the social and axiological motivation of the ideological, theoretical, meaningful characteristics of the doctrine of the end of the world

Author Biography

Iryna Horokholinska, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

PhD., Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, Religious Studies and Theology, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

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Published
2019-11-26
How to Cite
Horokholinska, I. (2019). Axiological and social dimensions of the eschatological doctrine of the Pentecostals in the context of modernity. IDEAS. PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL. SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC ISSUES, (1(13)-2(14), 71-77. https://doi.org/10.34017/1313-9703-2019-1(13)-2(14)-71-77
Section
Philosophy of Religion. Religion studies