Entscheidung Für Christus und Sein Wort (1938-1941):
Analysis of the First Pentecostal Journal in German in Croatia Cover Image

Entscheidung Für Christus und sein Wort (1938-1941): Analiza prvoga pentekostnog časopisa na njemačkom jeziku u Hrvatskoj
Entscheidung Für Christus und Sein Wort (1938-1941): Analysis of the First Pentecostal Journal in German in Croatia

Author(s): Vatroslav Župančić
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Biblical studies, Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Biblijski institut

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes the Pentecostal journal Entscheidung in German language, which was published in Vinkovci from 1938 to 1941. The first part of the article elaborates the historical context in which the texts of the Entscheidung were written, and than also the history of the German national minority in the area of the former republic of Yugoslavia. A concise review of the Pentecostal movement in Croatia before the Second World War is also given in the article. In the second part of the article the journal is theologically analyzed and compared with the journal Put spasenja (The Path of Salvation), which was published by the Pentecostals in Croatian language.

  • Issue Year: 6/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 269-306
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: Croatian