What is the comparison between charismatic and existentalism theology?

Answer 1

charismatic movement and existentalism are not theologies.They are movements based on certain beliefs different to each other.

"charismatic movement" is an interdenominational Christian revival movement and is one of the most popular and fastest growing within the Christian world today.In 1970s, the movement spread to Europe from the Azusa Street mission (1906) in Los Angeles, California, a Methodist-sponsored revival . During the 1980s the movement expanded, with a number of new denominations evolving from it. Charismatic movement takes its name from the Greek words charis, which is the English transliteration of the Greek word for "grace," and mata, which is the Greek word meaning "gifts." Charismata, then, means "grace gifts." It emphasizes the manifestations of the gifts of the Holy Spirit as a sign of the presence of the Holy Spirit. These gifts are also known as the biblical "charisms," or spiritual gifts which supposedly give an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people. The prominent gifts among these "charisms" are speaking in tongues and prophesying. Charismatics hold that the manifestations of the Holy Spirit given to those in the first-century church may still be experienced and practiced today.

Whereas "Existentialism" is a general orientation to philosophical issues.It is a philosophical movement which emphasizes on individual existence, freedom, and choice.It was most popular in Europe in the early twentieth century. It was a reaction to the Enlightenment's overconfidence in human reason. Some of the influences that likely made it attractive include Kierkegaard's insight that Christian faith cannot be reduced to a set of rational propositions but that it also includes wider emotional and relational implications. Existentialism downplays the ability of human reason and it despairs of finding individual and communal significance in reference to one's place in a rational, ordered cosmos.