Langues et possession : le cas des pentecôtistes en Italie méridionale - article ; n°4 ; vol.43, pg 897-907

Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations - Année 1988 - Volume 43 - Numéro 4 - Pages 897-907
Languages and Possession: The Case of Pentecostal Croups in Southern Italy.
The gift of glossolalia (speaking in tongues) as seen in Pentecostal groups which sprang up in rural southern Italy after the Second World War, conforms to the ambiant ideology insofar as it serves to handle problems of domination and hierarchization with which the local populations were preoccupied. In the groups studied—the unitary Pentecostal group from Accadia (Fouilles/Puglia), directed by a woman missionary, and the neighboring unitary or trinitary groups directed by men—an emphasis was found to be placed on gifts given by the Holy Ghost, especially that of glossolalia. In the Accadian group, this particular gift stimulates equality, while elsewhere it hierarchizes the group by separating the pastor and missionary—who have the gift from the faithful who are deprived of it.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.