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Perhaps Pentecostalism needs to be exposed to see if the stereotype resembles the reality. But to expose a group, it first must be defined - and therein lies the problem.
But present day Pentecostalism traces its origins to a religious revival movement that began in the early 20 th century. We asked Andrew Chesnut, professor of religious studies at Virginia ...
When African Americans migrated west, L.A. was wide open, a physical and spiritual landscape with space to build the social ...
Calvin professor of philosophy James K.A. Smith has recently written two books focused on the subject of Pentecostalism: Thinking in Tongues: Pentecostal Contributions to Christian Theology and ...
Naomi Haynes, Pentecostalism and the morality of money: prosperity, inequality, and religious sociality on the Zambian Copperbelt, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 18, No. 1 ...
Pentecostalism's success in the developing world is partly due to energetic missionary work by Pentecostal churches and partly due to history, politics, flexibility and empowerment.
Bishop Otis Clark began his life as a Pentecostal as a young man in the same place where that movement was born: the Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles. The 106-year-old Seattle resident was in Ja… ...
Robeck added that Pentecostalism’s egalitarianism has also proved to be attractive. Anyone can minister to anyone. No theological degrees or ordination are needed. Leadership often rotates, with ...
Morton grew up with Pentecostalism, and his father was a bishop in the Church of God in Christ. But he did not practice Pentecostalism when he joined the ministerial staff of Greater St. Stephen's ...
Calvin professor of philosophy James K.A. Smith has recently written two books focused on the subject of Pentecostalism: Thinking in Tongues: Pentecostal Contributions to Christian Theology and ...