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An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity (Introduction to Religion) | 
 enlarge | Author: Allan Anderson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 316
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0521532809
Dewey Decimal Number: 270.82
EAN: 9780521532808
ASIN: 0521532809
Publication Date: July 19, 2004
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Product Description
Pentecostalism is the fastest expanding religious movement in the world today. Allan Anderson makes more visible its "non-Western" nature, without overlooking the importance of the movement emanating from North America. Concentrating on its history and theology, Anderson reflects on the movement's development and significance throughout the world. He explores those theological issues that helped form a distinctive spirituality and relates them to different peoples and cultures.
Book Description
Pentecostalism is the fastest expanding religious movement in the world today. In an innovative approach, Allan Anderson aims to make more visible the 'non-western' nature of Pentecostalism without overlooking the importance of the movement emanating from North America. Concentrating on its history and theology, Anderson reflects on the movements' development and significance throughout the world. He explores those theological issues that helped form a distinctive spirituality and relates them to different peoples and their cultures. International and comprehensive, this book provides an important introduction to students of theology and religion.
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most comprehensive work available October 29, 2004
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llan Anderson has provided a book for the study of religions and theology which is so far unmatched in the field of pentecostal studies. It gives a comprehensive and yet not too lengthy account of all the developments within world-wide Pentecostalism.
He has widely managed to do without the usual theological lingo, which means that one can read and understand what he talks about also without having undergone theological university courses.
Being a pentecostal Christian himself he is generally very positive towards the subject of the book and avoids polemics even when it comes to the gravest forms of extremist Pentecostalism. This does however not mean, that he is entirely uncritical. He points out some of the weaknesses like the wide-spread pentecostal silence to social issues and social action and points out ways how to overcome that by giving theological reasons.
The special emphasis - that puts this work ahead of other attempts to broadly cover the topic - is on the world wide spread and the different forms of Pentecostalism. He covers Korea and Asian churches as well as the Latin American pentecostal bushfire and places a special emphasis on Africa as well (having experience in South Africa and having seen the situation in places like Nigeria with his own eyes). Also the incredible spread of Charismatic Christianity, especially within the Catholic Church, is taken into account.
With this the author alerts the reader that the wide-spread notion that Pentecostals are primarily a US-American phenomenon is false. At the same time he does not omit the necessary historical background from the holiness movement via Asuza Street to the foundation of the Assemblies of God.
All in all it will be impossible from now on to write major works about pentecostal phenomena without having gone through Allan Andersons account of world-wide charismatic Christianity.
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