Historical Epistemology and Pentecostal Origins: History and Historiography in Ethiopian Pentecostalism

Haustein, Jörg

Abstract

This article revisits the issue of historiography in Pentecostal studies, seeking to connect this
debate to recent theories of history coming from postcolonial and poststructuralist thought.
I argue that the historian of Pentecostalism should seek not only to reconstruct past events,
but, more than that, to offer a historical analysis of Pentecostal historiography. By drawing on
four related theoretical insights into history and applying them to a concrete example from
Ethiopian Pentecostalism, I aim to contribute to the epistemological reflection of Pentecostal
historiography.

Citation

Haustein, J. (2013). Historical Epistemology and Pentecostal Origins: History and Historiography in Ethiopian Pentecostalism. Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, 35(3), 345-365. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700747-12341348

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Sep 6, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 12, 2025
• Print ISSN: 0272-0965
• Electronic ISSN: 1570-0747
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 345-365
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15700747-12341348
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