The evolution of ideas about pacifism in the global Pentecostal tradition

The article presents opinions in global Pentecostalism about pacifism and nonviolence. In most European countries and the United States, the topic of pacifism became relevant during the World Wars. Over time, pacifism as a dominant was replaced by the possibility of independent choice of believers i...

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Main Author: V. P. Kliueva
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Language:Russian
Published: Silicea-Poligraf LLC 2023-12-01
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Online Access:https://churchhistory.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/147
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description The article presents opinions in global Pentecostalism about pacifism and nonviolence. In most European countries and the United States, the topic of pacifism became relevant during the World Wars. Over time, pacifism as a dominant was replaced by the possibility of independent choice of believers in accordance with their convictions of conscience. The Global Pentecostal movement has developed different strategies of action in relation to participation in military operations: from categorical refusal to total acceptance of the need for military service. Those strategies were influenced by changes in the views of religious leaders, and the power position on statements from individual churches. In the Soviet Union, Pentecostals already in the 1920s held loyalist views on the military issue. The Soviet state forced Pentecostals to declare the need to fulfill civic obligations, including with arms in hand. Soviet Pentecostals officially proclaimed the principle of personal responsibility for one’s choices and the need to comply with state laws. In the late Soviet period, for most believers, military service was a way to test the "perseverance of faith" and at the same time demonstrate law-abidingness and inclusion in the life of Soviet society.
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spelling doaj-art-d35771776ae44ec58b66fea7e1ed2acb2025-08-20T02:17:00ZrusSilicea-Poligraf LLCРоссийский журнал истории Церкви2686-973X2687-069X2023-12-0144284110.15829/2686-973X-2023-147126The evolution of ideas about pacifism in the global Pentecostal traditionV. P. Kliueva0Institute of the problems of Northern development, Tyumen Scientific Centre Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian BranchThe article presents opinions in global Pentecostalism about pacifism and nonviolence. In most European countries and the United States, the topic of pacifism became relevant during the World Wars. Over time, pacifism as a dominant was replaced by the possibility of independent choice of believers in accordance with their convictions of conscience. The Global Pentecostal movement has developed different strategies of action in relation to participation in military operations: from categorical refusal to total acceptance of the need for military service. Those strategies were influenced by changes in the views of religious leaders, and the power position on statements from individual churches. In the Soviet Union, Pentecostals already in the 1920s held loyalist views on the military issue. The Soviet state forced Pentecostals to declare the need to fulfill civic obligations, including with arms in hand. Soviet Pentecostals officially proclaimed the principle of personal responsibility for one’s choices and the need to comply with state laws. In the late Soviet period, for most believers, military service was a way to test the "perseverance of faith" and at the same time demonstrate law-abidingness and inclusion in the life of Soviet society.https://churchhistory.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/147religious pacifismanti-militarismpentecostal movementsoviet pentecostalsassemblies of god
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The evolution of ideas about pacifism in the global Pentecostal tradition
Российский журнал истории Церкви
religious pacifism
anti-militarism
pentecostal movement
soviet pentecostals
assemblies of god
title The evolution of ideas about pacifism in the global Pentecostal tradition
title_full The evolution of ideas about pacifism in the global Pentecostal tradition
title_fullStr The evolution of ideas about pacifism in the global Pentecostal tradition
title_full_unstemmed The evolution of ideas about pacifism in the global Pentecostal tradition
title_short The evolution of ideas about pacifism in the global Pentecostal tradition
title_sort evolution of ideas about pacifism in the global pentecostal tradition
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anti-militarism
pentecostal movement
soviet pentecostals
assemblies of god
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