Holy Jumpers: Evangelicals and Radicals in Progressive Era America (Religion in America)

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a b Snyder, C. Albert (1 May 2006). Spiritual Journey. Xulon Press. p.69. ISBN 9781600340161. Holiness means different things to different people. Our church, the Free Methodist, is a "holiness" church. One doctor said to me: "Free Methodists? I know about them; they are holy rollers. They used to have camp meetings near where I grew up." Holy Roller or Holy Jumper are terms originating in the 19th century and used to refer to some Protestant Christian churchgoers in the Wesleyan-Holiness movement, such as Free Methodists and Wesleyan Methodists. [1] The term describes dancing, shaking or other boisterous movements by church attendees who perceive themselves as being under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Merriam-Webster traces the word to 1841. [3] The Oxford English Dictionary cites an 1893 memoir by Charles Godfrey Leland, in which he says "When the Holy Spirit seized them ... the Holy Rollers ... rolled over and over on the floor." [6] The term describes dancing, shaking or other boisterous movements by church attendees who perceive themselves as being under the influence of the Holy Spirit. [7]

In the 12th episode of the seventh season of The Simpsons, " Team Homer", one of the rival bowling teams, made up of important figures from the local church, is named "The Holy Rollers." [14] Time on October 12, 1936: "When Jesus Christ first appeared to His assembled disciples after His resurrection, He told them that believers 'shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents' (Mark: 16:17, 18). To many a U. S. religionist of the Pentecostal or "Holy Roller" variety, the 'gift of tongues' has long been vivid reality. A product of the holiness revival of the late nineteenth century and a catalyst for Pentecostalism, the MCA played a vital role in the twentieth century growth of

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In the 1969 Beatles song " Come Together", the line "He one holy roller" can be heard within the first 15 seconds, referring to George Harrison's ( Hindu) religiosity. Free Methodists and Wesleyan Methodists. [1] Holy Rolling is sometimes used derisively by those outside these denominations, as if to describe people literally rolling on the floor in an uncontrolled manner. [3] Gifford Pinchot in 1919: "Apparently no meeting for any purpose is to be tolerated except the Holy Roller meetings themselves. These theoretically and in fact ... The Holy Roller church in this community, as elsewhere, in its total influence promotes immorality. ..." [10] A stimulating, well researched contribution to American religious history. Holy Jumpers shows how complex the evangelicals were and how little we know about them and their social agenda." --Robert S. Fogarty, Editor of The Antioch Review

Occasionally, they have been referred to as followers of the "pokeweed gospel" or members of the "lightning bug church." [2] Description [ edit ] This section may contain unverified or indiscriminate information in embedded lists. Please help clean up the list. ( April 2019)

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Joe Hill's 1911 song " The Preacher and the Slave" contains the lines "Holy Rollers and Jumpers come out / And they holler, they jump and they shout". The 2014 Thank You Scientist song "Feed The Horses" contains the line, "I won't be your holy roller..."

Holy Rolling is sometimes used derisively by those outside these denominations, as if to describe people literally rolling on the floor in an uncontrolled manner. Those within related Wesleyan traditions have reclaimed the term as a badge of honor.