@article{Jensen_2021, title={Christianity, Presence, and the Problem of History: on two forms of Christian temporality in the Faroe Islands}, volume={45}, url={https://journal.fi/suomenantropologi/article/view/90016}, DOI={10.30676/jfas.v45i2.90016}, abstractNote={<p>In this article, I compare two forms of Christian temproality in the Faroe Islands. In so doing, I problematize some of the ways in which the idea of <em>history</em> has been applied theoretically to studies of churches and congregations in the country. As a remedy to what I see as the shortcomings of social theory when applied to Pentecostal temporality, I propose seeing the latter as a form of extended present. This is set in contrast to dispensationalism, which sees historical and theological time as occuring in a sequential manner. Dispensationalism in this context refers more than anything to the Plymouth Brethren, who make up the biggest group of non-Lutheran Christians in the Faroe Islands. Finally, I reflect on how temporality is shaped by operational goals that differ between similar, yet subtly different Christian practitioners.</p> <p>Keywords: Faroe Islands, Pentecostalism, temporality, history, theology, presence, dispensationalism, orthodoxy</p>}, number={2}, journal={Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society}, author={Jensen, Jan}, year={2021}, month={Mar.}, pages={3–16} }