過去的神學或人類學研究認為，基督教五旬節／靈恩運動是個「極端個人化」的宗教，信徒僅重視個人與上帝之間的關係、個人身體的感覺和經驗。但本文企圖指出：五旬節／靈恩運動雖然重視個人和上帝直接的關係，但並非是「個人化」的宗教，宗教經驗雖有主體性，但經驗感的「神聖性」並非僅立基於身體，信徒必須依循背後的文化象徵系統才能「正確」詮釋和感受到經驗的神聖性。
五旬節／靈恩運動的文化象徵系統是套「意識型態」，而非僅是行動者共同分享的符碼。教會透過每天、每週到每年的反覆活動，灌輸信徒、操練信徒熟悉五旬節／靈恩運動的文化邏輯，當信徒面對日常生活的問題和體驗到經驗時，便習慣熟稔地依此邏輯予以詮釋，看似各自為政的身體經驗，卻是依循意識形態所提供的象徵系統，教會是真正掌握意義判決和神聖賦予的單位，而不是經驗個體。信徒個人的身體雖有其主體性，但神聖感卻是來自意識形態的賦予。
五旬節／靈恩意識形態致使信徒「以為」自己有權詮釋自身的聖靈充滿經驗、獨自得到上帝的啟示。但事實不然，並非身體的感受都是神聖的，神聖性端賴五旬節／靈恩意識形態的判準。因此，五旬節／靈恩運動看似是極端個人化的宗教、信徒「誤以為」自己有權可以詮釋上帝的話語，但其邏輯卻是建立於五旬節／靈恩意識形態，信徒的身體成為意識形態控制的場域。

According to theological and anthropological researchers,the Christian Pentecostal/Charismatic Movement is an‘extremeindividualized religion’in which believers focus exclusively on theirrelationship with God. However, this article argues that because feeling‘the sacredness’relies not only on the body and feeling but also onthe cultural symbolic system, the Pentecostal/Charismatic Movementis not just an‘individualized religion’even though is emphasizes therelationship between the person and God. The Pentecostal/CharismaticMovement directs to‘rightly’interpret and to feel these sacredexperiences, even though religious experiences have their own subjectivity.
The cultural symbolic system of the Pentecostal/CharismaticMovement is a set of‘ideologies’rather than a set of symbols thatpeople share. The church repeats the daily, weekly and yearly activitiesto imbue and train believers with the cultural logic of the Pentecostal/Charismatic Movement, which helps people to interpret their daily livesand somatic experiences though these experiences do not correlate inappearance. The true function behind the ideology is to determine themeaning and sacredness of the church rather than the person who hasthe experience. While the personal somatic body has its subjectivity,sacredness is rendered by religious ideology.
The ideology of the Pentecostal/Charismatic Movement, furthermore,deceives believers to trust that they own the right to interpret the somaticexperiences of being filled by the Holy Spirit and to receive revelation fromGod alone. However, not all experiences are sacred; whether it is sacred ornot depends on how it has been judged by the ideology of the Pentecostal/Charismatic Movement.
Therefore, the Pentecostal/Charismatic Movement looks like an‘extreme individualized religion’which deceives believers to trustthat they themselves own the right to interpret God's revelation. But, infact, their logic follows by the ideology of the Pentecostal/CharismaticMovement and the body of the believer becomes a field for ideologicalcontrol.