The song of life
Affect attunement and pentecostal epistemology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22264288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karl Inge Tangen (0000-0002-9170-522X, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 148-166 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2769-1616 • E-ISSN: 2769-1624 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/27691616.2025.2555580 |
| OpenAlex | W4414784059 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article explores Pentecostal epistemology through the interdisciplinary metaphor of affect attunement, drawing from music theory, developmental psychology, and philosophical theology. Using a hermeneutic and phenomenological approach, it examines early Pentecostal sources – Thomas Ball Barratt’s autobiography and the Maran Ata hymnbook – to investigate how Pentecostal spirituality is formed and expressed. Affect attunement, as theorized by Stein Bråten, is presented as central to Pentecostal ways of knowing – relationally and spiritually. Extending beyond mother-infant bonding, it describes Spirit-baptized experiences of divine-human resonance, mediated through music, prayer, and proto-speech. The article proposes that Pentecostal epistemology is affective, embodied, and communal, shaped by shared practices and a distinct narrative tone. It further suggests that Pentecostal knowledge integrates tacit, narrative, and systematic forms of understanding – formed through loving trust, informed by critical wisdom. Ultimately, the study argues that Pentecostal spirituality offers a hopeful epistemology shaped by an antiphony between present suffering and future redemption
Affect theory · Attunement · Christian Theology and Mission · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Theological Perspectives and Practices
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |