Some Characteristics of Charismatic Experience

Glossolalia in Australia

Bibliographic Data

ID2514531
AuthorsGordon Stanley, W K Bartlett, Terri Moyle
Year1978
Volume17
Issue3
Pages269
Publication date1978-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1386321
OpenAlexW2325589714
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited3

Content analysis and subsequent profile analysis of 120 letters received in response to an appeal published in Australian newspapers for views on the experience of glossolalia yielded six distinct groups. Group I (N = 29) involved non-crisis experiences, glossolalia in private, belief in the experience as confirming baptism in the Spirit; Group II (N = 14) involved crisis experience, experienced glossolalia in a group setting and held a belief that the experience was an optional extra; Group III (N = 27) gave an objective, non-fluent, non-emotional description of the experience; Group IV (N = 10) reported a crisis experience; were evenly divided between group and private manifestations, believed in its necessity, ineffability, were fluent and emotional. The remaining groups comprised letters from non-glossolalics. It is concluded that the experience of glossolalia is not unitary, and that it does not necessarily involve an altered state of consciousness

Charisma · Sociology · Theology · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices

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