Speaking in Tongues: A Cross-Cultural Study of Glossolalia

Wood, William; Goodman, Felicitas D.

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“…There are other researchers like Goodman (1972) who saw glossolalia as being associated with hypnosis or trance. However, Spanos and Hewitt (1979) refuted Goodman's view by noting that glossolalia does not require a state of hypnosis or trance.…”

Section: Past Literature On Glossolaliamentioning

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‘Language’, power and liberty: Discursive constructions of Ghanaian glossolalic speeches

Obeng

Ofori

2023

Discourse & Society

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Unlike xenoglossia ( xenolalia), which involves speaking a language one has neither learned nor could have acquired naturally, glossolalia ( ecstatic speech) is the uttering of ‘incomprehensible’ stretch of utterances while in a state of trance. Using transcripts of recorded glossolalic utterances and of interviews collected over a 3-month period as our data source and working within the frameworks of language and power, and language and liberty we demonstrate that there is a strong link between glossolalic performance and the concepts of power and liberty. Thus, we establish that one’s ability to use glossolalia and another’s ability to interpret them are constituents of power. Also demonstrated is the use of specific linguistic (phonetic, syntactic, and pragmatic) resources to seek liberty for self or deny others liberty. We show further that individuals’ institutional obligation of regulating turns and determining turn duration of glossolalic interactions constitutes power and has relevance for liberty contestation, gain or loss. Finally, we prove that the performance of power and its interpretation are tools for exhibiting liberty.

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“…With regard to whether there is a difference in glossolalia based on the type of denomination or religion, research has shown that there is no distinction between glossolalia practiced by Pentecostal Protestants and that practiced in non-Christian rituals found in Africa, Borneo, Indonesia, and Japan (Goodman, 1972).…”

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‘Language’, power and liberty: Discursive constructions of Ghanaian glossolalic speeches

Obeng

Ofori

2023

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Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity

Rappàport¹

1999

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Roy Rappaport argues that religion is central to the continuing evolution of life, although it has been been displaced from its original position of intellectual authority by the rise of modern science. His book, which could be construed as in some degree religious as well as about religion, insists that religion can and must be reconciled with science. Combining adaptive and cognitive approaches to the study of humankind, he mounts a comprehensive analysis of religion's evolutionary significance, seeing it as co-extensive with the invention of language and hence of culture as we know it. At the same time he assembles the fullest study yet of religion's main component, ritual, which constructs the conceptions which we take to be religious and has been central in the making of humanity's adaptation. The text amounts to a manual for effective ritual, illustrated by examples drawn from anthropology, history, philosophy, comparative religion, and elsewhere.

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Nonsense and Meaning in Ancient Greek Comedy

Kidd

2014

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This book examines the concept of 'nonsense' in ancient Greek thought and uses it to explore the comedies of the fifth and fourth centuries BCE. If 'nonsense' (phluaria, lēros) is a type of language felt to be unworthy of interpretation, it can help to define certain aspects of comedy that have proved difficult to grasp. Not least is the recurrent perception that although the comic genre can be meaningful (i.e. contain political opinions, moral sentiments and aesthetic tastes), some of it is just 'foolery' or 'fun'. But what exactly is this 'foolery', this part of comedy which allegedly lies beyond the scope of serious interpretation? The answer is to be found in the concept of 'nonsense': by examining the ways in which comedy does not mean, the genre's relationship to serious meaning (whether it be political, aesthetic, or moral) can be viewed in a clearer light.

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Speaking in Tongues: A Cross-Cultural Study of Glossolalia

Cited by 18 publications

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‘Language’, power and liberty: Discursive constructions of Ghanaian glossolalic speeches

‘Language’, power and liberty: Discursive constructions of Ghanaian glossolalic speeches

Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity

Nonsense and Meaning in Ancient Greek Comedy

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