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Gary Osborne said:

Matthew Cillo said:

Gary Osborne said:

A lot of resources are being labeled Pentecostal when they should be labeled Charismatic

Wait. There's a way to see the labels for them? In the store or in Logos? I don't know of any way to identify the traditions within Logos. Within the store, I know I can click on Pentecostal/Charismatic, but is there a way to see the labels you are describing? 

Or is this just an issue with the P/C groups being bundled together?

I just meant that you can see them in the store.  If there's a labeling in our libraries after they are downloaded, I'm not aware of it.  The fact is some of the material that is put into the P/C grouping is also in other tradition groupings (like Wesleyan, for instance).

There is some labelling some of which I understand some of which remains a mystery to me.

If you simply type "Pentecostal" into the bar at the top of your library you then look in detail at the contents of the title, subject and other fields you will probably find some books that are in the results which you cannot explain based on the information that you can see. I attribute these results to tagging although I accept that I may be wrong on this.

For the Wesleyan there is definitely an argument to include some of the materials for pentecostal study especially the older ones that reflect the Wesleyan Holiness movement from which elements of pentecostal theology emerged and newer ones that continue in that tradition.

There's a great book by Steven Jack Land titled Pentecostal Spirituality that explores the roots of Pentecostalism, the origins of aspects of our theology and practice. Definitely a revelation but unfortunately not available in Logos.

Unfortunately, in my experience at least, most of the best pentecostal books are tied to one of our denominational publishers so are not easily available in bookshops, Amazon or Logos, end result is that many pentecostals, including ministers, read and absorb a lot from other traditions. The comments about charismatic theology earlier being an example of this issue.