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by Grant Wacker (Author) "Perry Miller charted the path..." (more)
Key Phrases: missionary tongues, radical evangelical tradition, latter rain covenant, Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, Church of God (more...)
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Pentecostalsfundamentalist Christians who identify speaking in tongues and miraculous healing as divine giftshave long been ridiculed as poor, ignorant, violent and licentious. In this remarkable study, Wacker, raised a pentecostal and now a respected historian at Duke University, devastates the standard stereotypes. But he also departs from the Edenic model of denominational historiography, which imagines, for example, that the Azusa Street mission was a model of interracial harmony before the fatal break between its black and white founders. What emerges instead is a remarkably rich account of the inner lives of ordinary men and women who felt themselves filled with the power of the Holy Ghost. In 15 tightly organized chapters, Wacker offers a comprehensive ethnography of the first generation of pentecostalstheir faith, their social attitudes and their politics. He leads the reader through enchanted landscapes populated by angels and demons, pauses to assess reports of xenolalia (speaking in a human language allegedly unknown to the speaker) and surveys the gulfs that have divided charismatics from their detractors. It is difficult to imagine a more judicious treatment of the subject; meticulously researched, lyrically written and continuously illuminating, Wacker's book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the origins of this influential current in American culture.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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Pentecostals, or "radical," "primitive" evangelicals, have not only survived but have flourished while embracing beliefs that include personal salvation, Holy Ghost baptism, divine healing, and the anticipation of the imminent return of Christ. They are prospering today, as evidenced by the Brownsville Assembly of God Church in Pensacola, FL, where millions have flocked to a nonstop revival begun in the 1990s. Wacker (history of religion, Duke Univ.), who himself has Pentecostal roots, gives an in-depth, well-researched look at the history, beliefs, and everyday lives of early Pentecostals (1900-25). He discusses their culture, temperament, taboos, use of time, organizational skills, and leadership. While exploring the boundaries that separate the Pentecostals from mainstream U.S. society, he also shows how only a minority fit the stereotype of poor and alienated folk. The genius of the Pentecostal movement, Wacker states, lies in its ability to hold two seemingly incompatible impulses the primitive and the pragmatic in productive tension. Recommended for cultural and theological collections. George Westerlund, formerly with Providence P.L., Palmyra, VA
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Product Details
  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press; New Ed edition (April 30, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0674011287
  • ISBN-13: 978-0674011281
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars 5 customer reviews (5 customer reviews)
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First Sentence:
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
missionary tongues, radical evangelical tradition, latter rain covenant, pentecostal periodicals, full gospel message, apostolic faith, early pentecostals, tongues constituted, primitivist impulse, baptism experience, early pentecostalism, pentecostal message, pentecostal leaders, pentecostal bodies, radical evangelicals, pentecostal circles, pragmatic impulse, pentecostal women, pentecostal revival, annual convocation, midnight cry, early periodicals, black pentecostals, pentecostal sects, pentecostal experience
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, Church of God, Los Angeles, United States, Assemblies of God, Charles Parham, New York, Frank Bartleman, New Testament, North Carolina, Charles Fox Parham, Levi Lupton, Howard Goss, Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, General Council, George Floyd Taylor, Maria Woodworth-Etter, Day of Pentecost, Florence Crawford, San Francisco, Weekly Evangel, Word of God, Agnes Ozman, Carrie Judd Montgomery
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