Communication and Conflict in the Evangelical Community: Analysis of the Relations Between Baptists and Pentecostals in the USSR in the Second Half of the 20th Century. (14th December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Beliakova, Nadezhda; Kliueva, Vera
• Is Part Of: Procedia--social and behavioral sciences. Volume 236(2016)
• Page Start: 315
• Page End: 319
• Publication Date: 2016-12-14
• Subjects: Pentecostals -- Baptists -- Soviet believers -- religious communication -- religious conflict -- religious community; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Congresses; Arts -- Periodicals; Arts -- Congresses; Humanities -- Periodicals; Humanities -- Congresses; 300
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.12.036
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1877-0428

Abstract

Abstract: This article analyses a variety of communicative strategies between Baptists and Pentecostals in communities registered in the All-Union Council of Evangelical Christians and Baptists. Although both denominations had a strong religious identity, the expansion of Pentecostals led to conflicts in the intra-community communication. By creating an alternative religious community Pentecostals produced their own hierarchical authority, which included women possessing special "spiritual gifts".